Singing in Seattle

Aly & AJ's Rock 'n' Roll Mysteries #3

by Tracey West, Katherine Noll

Aly and AJ are judges in a Seattle songwriting competition. The winner’s song will be performed live by Aly & AJ at the Key Arena! After a few rounds, the competition narrows down to two contestants: Austin, a cute boy with a crush on AJ, and Claire, a talented poet. When Claire’s notebook filled with poem ideas and lyrics goes missing, Austin looks like the prime suspect. Can the girls clear his name?

144 pages, Paperback

First published September 4, 2008

About the author

Tracey West is the New York Times bestselling author of Dragon Masters, a series in the Scholastic Branches line. She has written more than 400 books for kids, including the Pixie Tricks series and the Underdogs series with Kyla May.

Some readers also know Tracey for writing books based on animation such as Pokémon and LEGO Ninjago.

She currently lives in the western Catskills of New York with her husband, Bill; their adopted dogs; and a whole mess of chickens.

Reviews

[Jack Reynolds · Rating 2 out of 5]

This mystery was better than the second one, but it still lacked an extra sparkle to make me want to rate it an extra star. I felt the romance aspect was poorly done (Austin was too creepy; Shane kind of came out of nowhere), the photoshoot chapter wasn’t really necessary, and the mystery was too predictable once West and Noll dropped the hint with the song lyrics. However, there were parts I found entertaining, and Jim playing detective was funny.

[Sarah Lindfors · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very easy, clean read. Would recommend for mystery lovers who don't want something too edgy. A definite reread.