The Case of the Race Against Time

Jigsaw Jones Mystery #20

by James Preller

Jigsaw Jones is a, puzzle fanatic detective who deals with all kinds of cases. He knows that mysteries are like jigsaw puzzles--you've got to look at all the pieces to solve the case.

Jigsaw is in big-time trouble! For a dollar a day, Jigsaw and Mila make problems go away. But now Jigsaw has a problem of his own. He lost his grandfather's watch. And he has to track it down before his dad finds out it's missing. The clock is ticking! Can Jigsaw and Mila find the watch before time runs out?

Genres: Mystery, Childrens

96 pages, Paperback

Published March 1, 2003

About the author

James Preller (born 1961) is the children's book author of the Jigsaw Jones Mysteries, which are published by Scholastic Corporation. He grew up in Wantagh, New York and went to college in Oneonta, New York. After graduating from college in 1983, James Preller was employed as a waiter for one year before being hired as a copywriter by Scholastic Corporation, where he was introduced (through their books) to many noatable children's authors. This inspired James Preller to try writing his own books. James Preller published his first book, entitled MAXX TRAX: Avalanche Rescue, in 1986. Since that time, James Preller has written a variety of books, and has written under a number of pen names, including Mitzy Kafka, James Patrick, and Izzy Bonkers. James Preller lives in Delmar, New York with his wife Lisa and their three children.

http://us.macmillan.com/author/jamesp...

Reviews

[Mahdi Aljamri]

قصة قصيرة مُشوقة

[Glen]

Jjigsaw Jones is always late, so his father gives him a watch. It gets lost, and now he has to find it before his dad notices.

Pretty fun.

[Tam Tam]

Oh I just don't know about this one.


Jigsaw comes home late for dinner. He gets a pocketwatch from his father that was Jigsaw's grandfather's. He makes a card for his mother saying that he'll come home on time, and I believe he promises that.

Well at the end of the book HE'S LATE!!! Oh, come on! Reaaaally? Like it would have been a much better book had he kept his promise by being there to dinner on time. Maybe it's the mom in me that's showing through here.



Overall I still like Jigsaw Jones books for 6-8 year olds. They're easy enough books. This series isn't really scary like other series I've read for a young child.

[Chak]

No one did anything wrong in this one - it was all a misunderstanding. It was still very suspenseful, however.

[Twyla]

jigsaw was losing time for getting his grand fathers watcht back.Auryn 8yo