Retired private detective and current seventh grader Steve Brixton has a new career: taking out the garbage on Wednesdays for five bucks a week. Bu...
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Feb 15, 2012
Rebecca
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7th grader Steve Brixton, retired detective, takes on a new case for the sake of a girl when he and his best friend Dana find themselves on a 7 hour train journey. A local multi-millionaire has hitched his custom-designed classic train car (just like those in the Bailey Brothers mystery books, Steve's favorites) to the modern train just to transport his newest antique car back home. He's had six other antique cars stolen, and he's determined this one will make it. He hired a detective to guard i
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Nov 25, 2011
Jessica
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Not many middle grade novels begin with a hero who is disillusioned, retired and taking out the trash. But that is how we meet Steve Brixton in the third installment of the Brixton Brothers Mysteries. This light-hearted spoof of old mystery books brings us a twelve year-old former detective who no longer wants to play the game. Of course, mysteries can't help but fall in his lap. This one involves car thieves, a train, a young lady (who is NOT his girlfriend!), kidnapping, questionable decis
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Dec 01, 2011
Marfita
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This is number three in the Brixton Brothers series - I've missed number two and the hints in this one are tantalizing. There is always the chance that after a brilliant beginning, a series may start to fade, but Barnett has done it again! If only he wrote some similar stuff for adults! Aw, who cares? I'll read these!
The Brixton Brothers series is a must-read for anyone who enjoyed series such as The Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, and/or the Boxcar Children when they were young. Those books More...
The Brixton Brothers series is a must-read for anyone who enjoyed series such as The Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, and/or the Boxcar Children when they were young. Those books More...
Dec 08, 2011
Heidi
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I confess I was one of those kids who devoured any mystery I could get my hands on, Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys, Bobbsey Twins, and Trixie Belden. I have lots of fun memories reading these books, often more than once. Maybe that's why I enjoy reading Barnett's Steve Brixton mystery series. These books are so clearly a spoof on those other formulaic books that I get a big kick out of reading them. What is so amazing is that Barnett manages to spoof the Hardy Boys without his stories being formulai
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Jan 16, 2012
Barbara
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He may be in the seventh grade, but Steve Brixton is one smart boy. Having been disappointed at what he has learned about the author of his favorite detective series, The Bailey Brothers, and having been grounded by his mother for his stretching of the truth in an earlier book, Steve has retired from detective work. [This is the third title in the series.]But like anyone who is good at something, Steve just can't help himself and is pulled into doing detective work once again when he is on a sch
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Nov 22, 2011
your neighborhood librarian
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Read and reviewed by both of my kids:
Zhou: I like how it's about car theft, because I don't think there are a lot of kids mystery books about car theft, and I like how there's a triple agent, so Mr. Vanderdraak doesn't realize that his cars are being stolen by -
YNL: Wait, are you telling me who done it?
Z: Oh! I guess I am. Anyway, they all go to jail.
Full review on Pink Me: http://pinkme.typepad.com/pink-me/2011/1...
Zhou: I like how it's about car theft, because I don't think there are a lot of kids mystery books about car theft, and I like how there's a triple agent, so Mr. Vanderdraak doesn't realize that his cars are being stolen by -
YNL: Wait, are you telling me who done it?
Z: Oh! I guess I am. Anyway, they all go to jail.
Full review on Pink Me: http://pinkme.typepad.com/pink-me/2011/1...
Feb 20, 2012
Jonathan H.
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Steve Brixton is at it again — well, he wants to retire but people just keep dragging him back into detective work. So now he's trying to solve a mystery about car thieves, all while aboard a moving train. Action! Adventure! Romance! More silly advice from the Bailey Brothers!
Dec 09, 2011
Julianne
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This book is part of a series about a 12-year-old boy who is a detective. He and his friends board a train to get to San Diego, but another adventure takes them away. It's an OK book, I guess, but not great.
Nov 16, 2011
Brett
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Continues to be a very entertaining send-up of the Hardy Boys & other such antiquated but well-loved mystery series for kids. Mac Barnett's comedy will have adults chuckling as well as kids - but for slightly different reasons.
Jan 16, 2012
Heather
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Hilarious. Of course. Mac Barnett's story has a million little moments that are entirely like the key moments of a wide variety of famous suspense novels and movies. And it is so fun to have one sneak up on you. Steve is still incredibly ridiculous, but also charming. And it really does all happen on a train.
Oct 25, 2011
meg
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mac barnett sure knows how the bring the lolz right outta me. at this rate i'll never get tired of the brixton brothers.
Jan 16, 2012
Chris
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Fun and ridiculous like the first two, but it takes a while to get up to speed. I could have done without most of the first half, which is sad on a book as short as this. There are some wonderful moments and I will definitely continue the series, but this installment doesn't quite make it to favorite status.
Oct 27, 2011
Emyrose8
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Once again, Mac Barnett has written a fabulous book full of interesting twists and cliche detectives (all in good fun of course). Although it's not as good as the first book in the series, it is a fabulous book.
Feb 16, 2012
Hoover Public Library
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This is book 3, but you don't have to read the other two first. It's as fun and exciting as a mystery involving car thieves, mysterious girls, and escapades on top of a moving train can be.
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