The Treasure of Dead Man's Lane and Other Case Files: Saxby Smart, Private Detective: Book 2

PUT ON YOUR DETECTIVE HAT . . . TAKE OUT YOUR MAGNIFYING GLASS. The Saxby series lets readers solve the case! Using wit, logic, and the help of his friends, young detective Saxby Smart is back to work, recovering a valuable comic book, searching for hidden treasure, and keeping intruders out of the neighborhood. Saxby records the facts for three new cases in his notebook, laying out all the clues readers need to solve the mysteries on their own.

PUT ON YOUR DETECTIVE HAT . . . TAKE OUT YOUR MAGNIFYING GLASS. The Saxby series lets readers solve the case!

Using wit, logic, and the help of his friends, young detective Saxby Smart is back to work, recovering a valuable comic book, searching for hidden treasure, and keeping intruders out of the neighborhood. Saxby records the facts for three new cases in his notebook, laying out all the clues readers need to solve the mysteries on their own.

School Library Journal

Gr 4–6—With three new cases, Saxby proves to be the go-to kid for solving mysteries. The boy relies heavily on the power of observation and drawing logical conclusions to find a missing comic worth $100,000 and a treasure in an old house that's about to be demolished and discover who has broken into six children's houses, all in the same teacher's classroom. His faithful friends Izzy and Muddy are wonderful sidekicks who go beyond Saxby's observations with outside investigation and research. The cases can be solved by readers, and the questions posed throughout the text make sure that they are following the clues. Expressive black-and-white cartoons are scattered throughout. Saxby will appeal to mystery fanatics and fans of Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, and Encyclopedia Brown.—Delia Carruthers, Roxbury Public Library, Succasunna, NJ

Saxby Smart, schoolboy private detective, invites the reader to follow the clues as he investigates three cases involving stolen comic books, hidden treasure, and dangerous intruders in the neighborhood