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Half-Moon Investigations

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His classmates have dubbed him Half Moon, but pint-sized or not, Fletcher Moon has a knack for sniffing out mysteries. Now armed with a badge as the world's youngest detective, he finds himself confronted with his most pressing case yet: If he can't find the culprit within 12 hours, he might have to take the rap himself! This is a hilarious, suspenseful detective story for...more

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Dec 13, 2012 Jake W rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

i am currently reading half moon.the main character is fletcher moon.the authors name is eoin colfer and he does a really good job at making this book come to life its like i can picure exactly what is going on around me.and there are alote of mysteries trying to be solved and all you want to find out is how the mystery is solved i also like this book because its very suspensfull. when i start reading this book i feel like i cant stop it really drags you in. fletcher moon loves to solve mysterie...more i am currently reading half moon.the main character is fletcher moon.the authors name is eoin colfer and he does a really good job at making this book come to life its like i can picure exactly what is going on around me.and there are alote of mysteries trying to be solved and all you want to find out is how the mystery is solved i also like this book because its very suspensfull. when i start reading this book i feel like i cant stop it really drags you in. fletcher moon loves to solve mysteries and so do i. i rate this book 5 stars i really hope you read it.
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i am currently reading half moon written by eion colfer and the main character is fletcher moon.eoin colfer does a really good job at hooking the reader and making you want to read for the whole day because there is alote of action going on. every time i pick up this book and start reading it i feel like what ever is going on in the book is going on right next to me because the aouthor makes fletcher moon come to life and make him sound like a real peorson.if you like mystery then you will defiantly like this book i rate this book 5 stars.-----------------------------------------------------------------i am currently reading half moon written by eoin colfer and the main character is fletcher moon. fletcher moon has never been like other kids instead of playing out side he would rather be solving a mystery that is going around at his school like a stolen binder or book. eoin colfer does a really good job at making this book come to life i feel like what ever is going on in this book is going on around me because the plots are very realistic. eoin colfer also does a really good job at making this book very suspensfull because one time fletcher moon thought the bully of the school named red stole one of fletcher moons notebook and fletcher moon was trying to figure out clues so that he could find the notebook. but instead of telling you early in the book who had stolen the notebook eoin colfer would make you keep reading. if you like mystery and humor books i reccomend you to read this book. i give this book 5 stars. (less)

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Jan 29, 2008 Ryan rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: ya

Shelves: crime, drama, irish, laugher, suspense, thinker, ya

I'm a fan of the Artemis Foul books. I've listened to them all. Quite entertaining. If for no other reason than they're read by an Irishman. So, I figured I'd take a listen at another one of Colfer's books. Half-Moon Investigations is a solid book that spoke (no pun intended) to me personally.

As with the Artemis books, you've got a pre-teen boy that tries his very best to be as independent as possible, has a higher than average IQ, is witty, clever, and finds trouble around every bend. As the bo...more

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Oct 13, 2007 Kathryn rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery, middle-grade

I knew when smoky jazz filled the car that I was in for trouble, and I was right. I had to leave ten minutes early for everything because I just had to finish the chapter. The combination of Eoin Colfer's dime-store humor and Sean Patrick Reilly's melodramatic brogue makes me believe I have entered the world of a P.I.

The characters are just wonderful, falling into mystery novel stereotypes while still managing to surprise you at every turn. The plot is engaging, the dialogue is entertaining, an...more

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Apr 08, 2013 ...cats? rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I was an Eoin Colfer fan for quite a while before I stumbled upon Half Moon Investigations, so when I did come across it, I wasted no time in seizing it. And to say that it did not disappoint would be an understatement.

Protagonist Fletcher Moon is a sarcastic twelve-year-old private detective who finds it hard to be taken seriously despite the fact that he has a legitimate degree from a prestigious detective school. His first real client is April Devereaux, the ringleader of Les Jeunes Etudiante...more I was an Eoin Colfer fan for quite a while before I stumbled upon Half Moon Investigations, so when I did come across it, I wasted no time in seizing it. And to say that it did not disappoint would be an understatement.

Protagonist Fletcher Moon is a sarcastic twelve-year-old private detective who finds it hard to be taken seriously despite the fact that he has a legitimate degree from a prestigious detective school. His first real client is April Devereaux, the ringleader of Les Jeunes Etudiantes, a group of schoolgirls who are all about pink. April's case gets Fletcher embroiled in the lives of the notorious Sharkey family. Well known for their devious antics, the Sharkey family consists of the intimidating Papa Sharkey, his wily daughter Genie, his monkey of a son Herod and the charismatic Red. Red is the prime suspect on Fletcher's list, but his attempts to catch the Sharkey in the act ends up with him being framed for an arson he didn't commit. He is forced to join forces with Red in order to clear his name and solve a larger mystery that has taken over the town.

Half Moon Investigations is fabulous. There is really no other word. Everything about it made me want to clap my hands and laugh out loud. The characters are all typically Colferesque, and that is in no way a bad thing (with Red in particular being devastatingly charming in every way). The plot is strung up from the most stereotypical of all mystery novel stereotypes, but twisted to make them simultaneously suspenseful and hilarious. There are wise-cracking PIs. There are femme fatales (of a sort). There is an infamous Irish criminal family that is really soft at heart. It's like Clue, but on a playground. Everything about it. EVERYTHING ABOUT IT.

There are probably some flaws to Half Moon Investigations as well, but it is brilliant, and as far as I am concerned, the brilliance makes flaw detection near impossible.

Honestly I don't know what else I can say to make everyone in the universe read this book, except that they should.
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'All eyes were on me again, and not in a nice 'Oh, look at that handsome young man in the shiny shoes, I wonder if he's single' kind of way. It was more of a nasty 'If he doesn't come up with the goods in ten seconds, let's lynch him' kind of way.'
'Mum smoothed out my hair. "Did April like the shirt, honey?"
I sighed. "No, Mum. She didn't. There are people in space who didn't like that shirt."'
(Did I mention that Fletcher is one of the bestest narrators ever?)(less)

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Oct 16, 2012 Jasper rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: middle schoolers

From the author of the Artemis Fowl

series comes Half-Moon Investigations, a great combo of realistic fiction and mystery. Fletcher Moon isn't an athlete or a nerd, he's a detective! Fletcher (known as Half Moon for his stature) is an accredited private investigator from the Bob Bernstein internet class, complete with silver-plated badge. But when the Sharkeys, two boys that are only known for theft, are accused of going one heist too far, it’s up to Half Moon to uncover the conspiracy behind...more

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Jan 05, 2012 Alison Soderquist rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: read-aloud, junior-high, mystery

I've decided I'm pretty stingy with my stars because I loved this book but it only gets four.

1 star=I'm sorry I read this book. It was worthless to me.
2 stars=I know there is value to this book. It's probably a classic, but it didn't have a happy ending, so...
3 stars=It's a fine book.
4 stars=I really enjoyed this book. I might even be interested in reading it again sometime.
To get 5 stars, a book has to change me. It becomes a part of who I am.

So, that said, this book made me laugh out loud. I l...more

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Dec 15, 2011 Boo Langdon rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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The book I read was by Eoin Colfer, it was called Half Moon Investigations. This book was about a kid named Half Moon he just wanted to be a detective. He is hired to find a missing lock of a pop-stars hair that is believed to have been stolen. This was his first real case where he gets paid. He was very excited about this. But he is being paid but in the process he actually uncovers a larger mystery, kids all around town are missing their things. He sets ou...more

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Aug 04, 2011 Brittany rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mg-and-ya-mysteries

Fletcher "Half" Moon is a twelve-year-old private detective who has graduated from an online detective class by Bob Bernstein, PI. He goes to a school called St. Jerome's, where Red, Genie, and Herod Sharkey also go. They're part of the Sharkeys, a family of thieves and criminals, led by Papa Sharkey. They all have reputations for stealing and bullying, and no one trusts them.

Half Moon is hired by April Devereux, leader of a clique of pink-obsessed girls, to find a stolen lock of a popstar's ha...more

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Mar 10, 2011 sabisteb rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: buch, fantasy

Seit Jahren Auge in Auge mit der dunklen Seite des Schulhoflebens, sollte man meinen, dass nichts und niemand mehr Fletcher Moon überrumpeln könnte. Der Fall der verschwundenen Haarlocke von Shona Biederbeck hat es jedoch in sich. Schon bald ist Feltcher Moon nicht nur wegen Brandstiftung verhaftet sondern landet im Krankenhaus, muss untertauchen und sich nicht zuletzt mit seinem ärgsten Feind und Hauptverdächtigen verbünden.

Vergesst Kalle Blomquist und Emil und die Detektive. Jetzt ist Fletcher...more Seit Jahren Auge in Auge mit der dunklen Seite des Schulhoflebens, sollte man meinen, dass nichts und niemand mehr Fletcher Moon überrumpeln könnte. Der Fall der verschwundenen Haarlocke von Shona Biederbeck hat es jedoch in sich. Schon bald ist Feltcher Moon nicht nur wegen Brandstiftung verhaftet sondern landet im Krankenhaus, muss untertauchen und sich nicht zuletzt mit seinem ärgsten Feind und Hauptverdächtigen verbünden.

Vergesst Kalle Blomquist und Emil und die Detektive. Jetzt ist Fletcher Moon da, der beste Absolvent der Berstein Akademie für Detektive und dabei ist er erst 12 (wie gut, dass er und sein Vater den gleichen Vornamen haben).
Fletcher ist der gute Artemis Fowl. Intelligent, Clever, gewitzt und leider eher klein und schmächtig, eher der Denkertyp und weniger der Junge fürs grobe, daher wird er auch Half Moon (Halbmond) genannt.
Im kleinen Städtchen Lock gibt es eine unheimliche Verschwörung, der selbst ein Fletcher Moon nicht gewachsen ist, aber so schnell gibt sich ein echter Detektiv nicht geschlagen, auch wenn er sich dafür mit seinem ärgsten Feind verbünden muss und in den kriminellen Untergrund abtauchen muss.

Dieser Krimi hat alles was ein guter Thriller braucht. Eine große Verschwörung eines bösen Genies und seiner Schergen, einen verzwickten Kriminalfall, coole Ermittler, markige Sprüche und Undercoverarbeit. Man kann kaum glauben, dass es sich hierbei eigentlich um ein Kinderbuch handelt. Der Fall ist sauber ermittelt, viel besser als in manchem Krimi für Erwachsene. Die Erzählweise ist einfach nur cool und erinnert an alte Philip Marlow oder James Bond Krimis, supercoole witzige Sprüche, interessante Ermittler mit eigenen familiären Problemen und man weiß bis zum Schluss nicht wer der Täter ist, obwohl alle Hinweise vorliegen, nichts wird verheimlicht, um einen Knalleffekt zu erzeugen.
Der besondere Bonbon ist, dass obwohl dieses Buch geschrieben ist wie die Bücher der Erwachsenen und alle wichtigen Elemente eines klassischen Kriminal- und Agentenromans der 50er Jahre aufweist, er zum einen modern ist und zum anderen konsequent im Schulmilieu der siebten Klasse spielt. Eine unglaublich spannende und witzige Mischung, wie ich sie noch nie gelesen habe. Ein echter Geniestreich.(less)

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Mar 13, 2010 Cornerofmadness rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Technically I think this is juvenile fiction, geared more for the 9-13 year olds (think the Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys age range and genre). It’s set in Ireland and follows junior detective Fletcher Moon. Fletcher is a bright, if odd, boy who has honestly finished a correspondence degree to get a P.I. license (signing up using his dad’s birth certificate). Mostly he solves schoolyard crimes. This often brings him into conflict with Herod “Roddy” Sharkey and his older brother Red. The Sharkeys are wel...more

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Dec 10, 2009 Denial rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: young people who like "Monk" or any good crime drama

Great book. An aspiring detective tries to detect-ify his way through what at first seems like a simple juvenile crime, but turns out to be a chain of... course, I won't give away the ending for you.
I already liked Colfer for the Artemis Fowl series when I first read this book in the 7th grade, and this just reinforced my opinion. Colfer manages to pull off a great mystery and quite a good interpersonal relations tale from a (junior?) high school perspective. A few other YA mystery novels I've r...more

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Sep 10, 2009 Chris rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: adventure, humor, j, life, mystery, voice, ya, not-graphic, guys-read

My name is Moon. Fletcher Moon. And I'm a private detective. In my twelve years on this spinning ball we call Earth, I've seen a lot of things normal people never see. I've seen lunch boxes stripped of everything except fruit. I've seen counterfeit homework networks that operated in five counties, and I've seen truckloads of candy taken from babies.

I thought I'd seen it all. I had paid so many visits to the gutter looking for lost valentines, that I thought nothing could shock me. After all, whe...more

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Aug 02, 2009 Susan rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Oh I loved this book! I listened to it on my ipod, read by a dude with an Irish accent (It takes place in Ireland.) I sincerely giggled in several parts. Fletcher Moon takes an online course to become a detective. Since he is only 12, he had to “borrow” his dad’s ID to actually receive his official private detective license.

He solves crimes in the playground, mostly for chocolate. But he finally gets a “real” case for 10 Euros. As he gets caught up in the case, he is helped by an unlikely guy…...more

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Mar 16, 2009 Adam rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery, teen, kid-books

Ages 10 to 13
Eoin Colfer’s established his unique voice that melds a razor sharp wit, likeable villains, and just-in-time plot twists, and brilliant kids in his bestselling series Artemis Fowl. With the book Half Moon Investigations, Colfer offers nothing less than this distinctive voice in classic noir style. Twelve-year-old Fletcher Moon, who suffers the nickname "Half Moon" because of his small stature and nerdly ways, helps solve crimes for classmates and others in his Irish town. Things sta...more

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Jan 07, 2012 Herlock rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: mystery, kids

I was looking for some light-hearted stuff to read after a huge dose of books with lots of serial killers and blood. From Eoin Colfer's other books I have read (love the Artemis Fowl series), I knew I wasn't going to get disappointed. And boy, did this book deliver or what.

This is a story of 12-year old detective, who thinks he has seen all the cases a school playground can throw at him. But then, his own boasts about being a detective get him involved in a case against the biggest criminals in...more

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Jun 08, 2010 kevinn Yi rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Fletcher moon is an average, except the fact that he's a certified undercover detective. He graduated at the top of his internet class, and now, he solves mysteries for his school buddies which ggives him some extra pay, and a little popularity. When a crime occurs that involves the most guilty party in town, the sharkeys, and his prized detetcive badge, its not just a mystery for flectcher, it gets personal. Not only is this a serious book about mysteries and what not, its also about true frien...more

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Aug 13, 2009 Maya rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: summer-books

HALF MOON INVESTIGATIONS is sort of a mystery. The main character Fletcher (Half Moon) Moon is accused of arson. He escapes from the police and with the help of the notorious Sharkey family has to figure out who really did it. Fletcher’s main internal conflict trying to solve the mystery by any means possible. That means even breaking the law to find the real criminal. His main external conflict is not being caught by the police.

Through the book I noticed that Fletcher was an extremely good det...more

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Jan 15, 2009 Brit rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The book read as it should for say an... eleven-year-old. There were no difficult phrases full of prose or metaphor and each page had about five words, so it went by almost too quickly. It was also very innocent and true to that age, not crass in any way. However, the witty and often dry humor actually made me laugh out loud at different parts.

The main character is kind of a nerd, but you've got to love his sleuthing. He's just too wise for his age. He dislikes that people don't take his detecti...more

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May 30, 2011 Krystl Louwagie rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This is a fairly high 3 star book for me. I think I just like Eoin Colfer's characters and storytelling.

This is about a smart middle school kid who dreams of being (and already considers himself) a detective. He's not a popular kid, an outcast because of his obsession with being a detective. Because of this obsession, this story is written like an overly dramatic 40's-50's detective drama. I found it really entertaining and funny, but I could also see how someone might find it dumb. I liked it,...more

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Dec 15, 2011 Marvin Macatangay rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Sep 26, 2012 Adam rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Pretty cute. Obviously targeted for people much younger than my old ass, which I wish I'd known before I got started on the thing, but what are you gonna do. I liked Colfer's continuation of the Hitchhiker's Trilogy well enough, so I figured I'd give this a shot. Fletcher is a pretty likable and funny protagonist even if he clearly fits into the "Calvin was never intended to be a literal six-year-old" mold of child characters. And I'll admit that this is the rare mystery where I couldn't guess t...more

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Mar 26, 2011 Phoebe rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery, juv

Fletcher Moon, the world's youngest detective, feels as if he might possibly be in over his head when he lands in the hospital after an ambush in his garden. He's in the middle of an investigation of a rash of property thefts(seemingly disconnected, but he knows there's got to be a link), but now the police think he is a suspect in an arson case. Fletcher is unexpectedly rescued by the unlikeliest of people: Red Sharkey, whose family is always on the wrong side of the law. As the two kids go on...more

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Jan 20, 2009 Kate rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2007, age-middlegrade, dnf, audiobooks

This was my first foray into audiobooks. I was mostly listening to it to have some variety in my children's literature portfolio. It was funny, and I especially thought the way the guy did the voice for the girly characters was hilarious, since he also had this Scottish brogue thing going on, but I kept forgetting what had been happening, and turning my car off mid-sentence didn't help either. So I listened enough to get an idea of what it was like to listen to an audiobook and then moved on wit...more

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Dec 01, 2008 Jackie rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Recommended to Jackie by: Peter S. and Nikitha G.

Shelves: children-fiction, heroes-heroines, mystery, humor

Fletcher (Half-Moon) Moon is 12 and is a full-fledged detective. He graduated top of his Internet class and is the world's youngest detective. When April Devereux, a 10-year-old vision in pink, hires him to investigate some petty thefts, and other minor infractions of the law, Fletcher soon realizes he is a little over his head. He is attacked and left bruised and broken. He wakes up in the hospital, with a splitting headache, a purple face and a mashed-up arm.

On the other end of the law-abidin...more

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Oct 18, 2010 Nicholas S. rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Half Moon Investigations:
A Seventh Grader Framed for a Crime

What would you do if you were framed for a crime you didn’t commit? Well that is what happens to Fletcher Moon, Red Sharkey, and many others in Eoin Colfer’s Half Moon Investigations, a very good book that I think deserves four out of five stars. The action starts when Fletcher is lured into an ambush outside his house in the dead of night. Fletcher, who recently received his detective’s badge (in seventh grade), unearths evidence that...more Half Moon Investigations:
A Seventh Grader Framed for a Crime

What would you do if you were framed for a crime you didn’t commit? Well that is what happens to Fletcher Moon, Red Sharkey, and many others in Eoin Colfer’s Half Moon Investigations, a very good book that I think deserves four out of five stars. The action starts when Fletcher is lured into an ambush outside his house in the dead of night. Fletcher, who recently received his detective’s badge (in seventh grade), unearths evidence that Red Sharkey was the one who had attacked him. While persuing proof of this evidence, he is accused of a crime after he is attacked by the same person who had attacked him before and his body was placed (while he was unconscious) at a crime scene. Now Fletcher must work with an unlikely ally if he wants to prove himself innocent. He has twenty four hours to solve the crime or he becomes the criminal. Now we know that this kind of situation can take place all over the world since this book takes place in Ireland (present day). This book is a compelling read because it shows that people don’t have to be a genius to solve a crime. This also extremely compelling because it has rising action throughout the whole book and because it shows how people are wrongly accused of something that they didn’t do, a situation that often takes place in real life.

One of the things demonstrated in Half Moon Investigations that I think helps make this book so good is that anybody, regardless of how much or little experience they have, can do anything if they are really desperate (Fletcher and Red solving the crime). During this book, Fletcher is thrown into the middle of a crime as a suspect, not in his usual role as a detective. Red Sharkey (one of Fletchers enemies from school), who was a suspect for a different crime, (the attack on Fletcher) rescues Fletcher from the clutches of the police and lets Fletcher stay in his family’s home. Together with his unlikely ally, Red, Fletcher begins to find clues. He and Red, eventually find enough evidence to expose the real criminal and get themselves cleared, even though they both had little or no experience with actual crimes.

A second reason that I think this book is such a compelling read is how the rising action seems to be extended to fill the entire book. The reason that the rising action goes on for so long is because the climax is at the end of the book. I don’t mean that it was near the end of the book, I mean that the climax was in the very last chapter. The only problem with this is there is very little time for falling action and resolution so they are both crammed into the final chapter as well. The rising action was so long that it started in chapter two or chapter three when Fletcher’s detective badge was stolen and it extends to the final chapter!

A third reason that the book is such a good read is that one of the main ideas is false accusation, something that often happens in real life. Just recently, a man was released from jail. He had been held for five years on a charge of killing his daughter, a crime he hadn’t committed. In the book, Fletcher is accused of arson, even though he hadn’t committed the crime. I think that the real life reference of false accusations adds to the book because it is a concept that many people can understand, especially if they have been falsely accused of something, even if it was only on a small scale (not criminal charges).
This book is a compelling read because it shows that people don’t have to be a genius to solve a crime. This also extremely interesting because it has rising action throughout the whole book and because it shows how people are wrongly accused of something that they didn’t do, a situation that often takes place in real life. This book relates to me because I have been wrongly accused of things as well. Yes, it was on a much smaller scale, but it still felt terrible. This happened when I was playing at the park about six or seven years ago. I was walking by the top of a ladder where a little girl was climbing up. I walked by just when she was about to get to the top when I was walking by. Just then, a man standing across the park (who was this girl’s father) screamed at me because he thought that I was trying to step on her fingers. I was really sad and dumbfounded the he yelled at me because I was not trying to step on her fingers and I didn’t know how he had thought that. This book helped me realize how easy it is to be falsely accused. Just because one is near the site of an incident, one is labeled a suspect. Overall, I really liked this book because of how the real life references were woven into a story that is obviously fictional.

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Feb 08, 2010 Mashell rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, mystery, fiction

Braden was required to read this for class. He was almost to the end and had no idea what the main theme was because he couldn't get into it. I worried his grade would reflect that and sat down with him and the book on Saturday. It is a really cute mystery that keeps you guessing until the end. There were even some great sarcastic comments that kept us laughing. However, I was disappointed in the amount of times the Lord's name was taken in vain. I hate when authors put that stuff in books that...more

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Mar 06, 2012 IndyPL Kids Book Blog rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery

You want to be a detective? Uncover clues? Follow leads? Solve mysteries? I don’t blame you, being a detective can be really exciting. It can also be dangerous. Are you up for dangerous?

This summer you can learn everything you need to know to go from Rookie to Ace Detective. Visit this blog everyday to learn and practice a new detective skill. Then test those skills solving mysteries. Each day the blog will tell you about a new good book to read too!

If you are curious, like to ask why, are a goo...more

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Dec 31, 2008 Sara ♥ rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, mystery, audiobook, challenge-winter-2008, 2008

The book was cute. I'd give it 3.5 stars. I don't know that it was as good as the other books--it wasn't as engaging. It didn't have the happy-go-lucky ending I'm fond of, but it did end on a positive note. Overall pretty good.

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Oct 31, 2012 Keenan Wright rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Half Moon Investigations is a mystery fiction novel.It is about a boy named Fletcher Moon. He is the youngest detective in the world. Fletcher AKA Half-Moon is a 7th grader at Saint Jerome's elementary and middle school. The main conflict is that various amount of people in his school are getting their stuff stolen from them. People always point their fingers at the most high rated crime family the Sharkeys. Is it them or not.

I liked this book a lot. I liked it because I really like mysteries an...more

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Jun 26, 2012 Kylie Livingston added it · review of another edition

When I had found this book on tape in the adult section of the library I had thought, "Oh my gosh! This is going to be great! It'll be just like the books mom and I listen to in the car on long drives."

It wasn't even close.

Firstly, the unabridged production was about a grade schooler. For me, that didn't scream "Adult Section" but I figured it might progress on and he might grow up!

I was wrong.

The mystery was so juvenile. There was no murder mystery- like it had hinted at on the back- and it w...more

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Eoin Colfer (pronounced Owen) was born in Wexford on the South-East coast of Ireland in 1965, where he and his four brothers were brought up by his father and mother, who were both educators.

He received his degree from Dublin University and began teaching primary school in Wexford. He has lived and worked all over the world, including Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and Italy. After the publication of the A...more

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“In my experience, boys are predictable. As soon as they think of something, they do it. Girls are smarter—they plan ahead. They think about not getting caught.” — 228 people liked it

“Doobie always wanted to see the badge. It was shiny, and he was eight.” — 46 people liked it

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