The Boy Who Could Find Anything

by Joan Lowery Nixon, Syd Hoff (Other Contributor)

David finds all sorts of missing items for other people but cannot locate his own possessions.

Genres: Childrens

35 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1978

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

[BrookeLynne Wilcox]

Found this book at a used book store. It's a book I don't mind reading anytime the kids pick it out. Also it's one an early reader can read with a little assistants.

[Martine]

This was great! Reminded me of my own son. I laughed out loud at the end. Perfect!

[Molly]

another favorite kids book!