Secret of the Time Capsule

Casebusters #6

by Joan Lowery Nixon

When the people of Redoaks open the town's time capsule, buried in 1918, they find that the contents are missing, and Sean and Brian try to discover who removed them and why

Genres: Mystery, Fiction

79 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

Author of more than one hundred books, Joan Lowery Nixon is the only writer to have won four Edgar Allan Poe Awards for Juvenile Mysteries (and been nominated several other times) from the Mystery Writers of America. Creating contemporary teenage characters who have both a personal problem and a mystery to solve, Nixon captured the attention of legions of teenage readers since the publication of her first YA novel more than twenty years ago. In addition to mystery/suspense novels, she wrote nonfiction and fiction for children and middle graders, as well as several short stories. Nixon was the first person to write novels for teens about the orphan trains of the nineteenth century. She followed those with historical novels about Ellis Island and, more recently for younger readers, Colonial Williamsburg. Joan Lowery Nixon died on June 28, 2003—a great loss for all of us.

Reviews

[Kenneth G · Rating 5 out of 5]

wild entry to kid detective series

I previewed this book for my grands (one can’t be too careful nowadays). It’s a benign story of the contents of a 100 year old time capsule that turns up missing on the day of its opening. The Casebusters take it upon themselves to find the missing contents, the culprit who took them, and the reason for the theft. With few clues to go on, the boys unlock the mystery using logic and a wee bit of luck.
It is a great introduction to the mystery genre for young minds.