Young Cam Jansen and the Speedy Car Mystery

Young Cam Jansen Mysteries #16

by David A. Adler, Susanna Natti (Illustrator)

At her school?s Green Fair, Cam and her friends are learning how to keep the earth green. Everyone is having fun at the exhibits?until a student?s remotecontrolled car goes missing! Was it stolen? It?s up to Cam and her amazing memory to find Speedy.

Genres: Mystery, Childrens

32 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

David Abraham Adler is an American children's author. He was born in New York City, New York in 1947. He graduated from Queens College in 1968 with a bachelor's degree in economics and education. For the next nine years, he worked as a mathematics teacher for the New York City Board of Education, while taking classes towards a master's degree in marketing, a degree he was awarded by New York University in 1971. In that same year, a question from his then-three-year-old nephew inspired Adler to write his first story, A Little at a Time, subsequently published by Random House in 1976. Adler's next project, a series of math books, drew on his experience as a math teacher. In 1977, he created his most famous character, Cam Jansen, originally featured in Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Stolen Diamonds, which was published that year.

Adler married psychologist Renee Hamada in 1973, and their first child, Michael, was born in 1977. By that time Adler had taken a break from teaching and, while his wife continued her work, he stayed home, took care of Michael, and began a full-time writing career.

Adler's son, Michael S. Adler, is now the co-author of several books with his father, including A Picture Book of Sam Adams, A Picture Book of John Hancock, and A Picture Book of James and Dolly Madison. Another son, Edward, was the inspiration for Adler's Andy Russell series, with the events described in the series loosely based on adventures the Adler family had with Edward's enthusiasm and his pets.

As of November 2008, Adler has three sons and two grandsons. He lives in Woodmere, New York.

(source: Wikipedia)

Reviews

[Dolly · Rating 3 out of 5]

We've read many of the books in the Cam Jansen and Young Cam Jansen series and we really enjoy these mysteries for young readers.

We are working our way through the remaining stories we haven't read yet, borrowing them from our local library as we find them. This story was fairly typical for the younger versions of the series, with a simple and not scary mystery to solve. Our oldest really enjoys the memory quizzes at the end of the book, too.

[J9 · Rating 3 out of 5]

A book my 6 yr old loved, a little old for my preschoolers. A solid reading level 2 book, this reader has a good amount of advanced vocabulary words, but not so long that it discourages a new reader. Used it for his read out loud book, which was perfect. It took about 15 mins for him to read and had just enough new vocabulary words to make it challenging. Also, it was a fun and interesting story he could get into. He liked it so much, he asked for more by this author. Great reading book!

[Elizabeth S · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cam Jansen rocks! The author does a great job coming up with simple mysteries for kids of various ages. I enjoy the plausibility of the mystery as well. When reading these books, a kid can imagine themselves experiencing something similar.

[Christy · Rating 4 out of 5]

At her school?s Green Fair, Cam and her friends are learning how to keep the earth green. Everyone is having fun at the exhibits?until a student?s remote controlled car goes missing! Was it stolen? It?s up to Cam and her amazing memory to find Speedy.

[J. · Rating 3 out of 5]

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