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Murdle Jr.: Curious Crimes for Curious Minds

Solve Your Way Through 40 Puzzle Mysteries!
Series: Murdle Jr.
Brief Description
Jump on the Murdle craze with hours of immersive puzzle- and mystery-solving fun for kids, teens, and families. Join four junior detectives—and earn your own Murdle Jr. badge—in this puzzle book packed with illustrations, clues, codes, and a helpful mystery-solving logic grid. Think Clue meets Sudoku!... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
$4200

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"Based on the internationally bestselling Murdle puzzle books, Murdle Jr. is an introduction to puzzle-solving for kids, with over thirty mysteries featuring clues, maps, mazes, and more" -- Provided by publisher.

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Jump on the Murdle craze with hours of immersive puzzle- and mystery-solving fun for kids, teens, and families. Join four junior detectives—and earn your own Murdle Jr. badge—in this puzzle book packed with illustrations, clues, codes, and a helpful mystery-solving logic grid. Think Clue meets Sudoku!

Stop what you're doing right now: There are mysteries to solve! Grab a pencil (and your wits) and step inside the puzzle-solving craze that's become an international sensation. From the ingenious mind of G.T. Karber comes a series of forty mini mysteries led by four junior detectives: tough-as-nails Jake, computer-whiz Olivia, quick-thinking Julius, and the un-fur-gettable Buster McPaws. Each aspiring detective investigates their own special case—with enough baffling suspects to confuse even the wisest sleuth.

It's up to you to crack each whodunit, find the culprits, and lead this ragtag team to their grandest case of all! Clues, codes, and a helpful mystery-solving grid provide hours of immersive fun.

Do you have what it takes to become a Murdle Jr. detective?

SOLVE THE PUZZLES:
Curious Crimes for Curious Minds
Ready, Set, Solve!
Wild Goose Case

READ THE MYSTERIES:
Sleuths on the Loose
Codes, Cover-Ups, and Cookies

ENJOY THE MINIS:
Summer Fun!
Holiday Hijinks!

Series: Murdle Jr.

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  • Murdle Jr.: Curious Crimes for Curious Minds
    Jump on the Murdle craze with hours of immersive puzzle- and mystery-solving fun for kids, teens, and families. Join four junior detectives—and earn your own Murdle Jr. badge—in this puzzle book packed with illustrations, clues, codes, and a helpful mystery-solving logic grid. Think Clue meets Sudoku! Stop what you're doing right now: There are mysteries to solve! Grab a pencil...
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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780316582551

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 November 2024

Imprint: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 154.0mm

Height: 227.0mm

Weight: 272g

Pages: 240

About the Author

G. T. Karber grew up in a small town in Arkansas, the son of a judge and a civil rights attorney. As a lifelong mystery fan, he has organized more than forty immersive mysteries in Los Angeles.

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