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Kid Detectives: The Hair-raising Rollercoaster Mystery

By Adam Bushnell
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Join a group of four kid detectives and help them find out about STEM while developing problem-solving, observation and deduction, and investigation skills. Our four detectives, Farah, Isla, Mohammad, and Sam, are visiting a theme park with Mohammed’s aunt Ghazala to celebrate her new rollercoaster design... Read More
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Join a group of four kid detectives and help them find out about STEM while developing problem-solving, observation and deduction, and investigation skills.

Our four detectives, Farah, Isla, Mohammad, and Sam, are visiting a theme park with Mohammed’s aunt Ghazala to celebrate her new rollercoaster design when they notice posters for a ride that looks almost identical! Did someone steal Aunt Ghazala’s design? Does it have something to do with that suspicious-looking man?

Join the Detective gang as they work the case and learn from a mechanical engineer how rollercoasters are constructed and what gravity has to do with it.

Featured interactive elements:

  • Search and find clues in the illustrations
  • Gather crucial information from info panels about materials, gravity and forces
  • Work out the best design for the first rollercoaster drop
  • Match the labels to the correct rollercoaster section

Through interactive adventures that combine facts, brain-teasing puzzles and lively illustrations, these books impart STEM knowledge in an original way to inspire a love of the subject. The story in each book will have the reader solving puzzles, finding clues, cracking secret codes and uncovering mysteries.

Perfect for aspiring detectives aged 7+.

Book Details

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ISBN: 9781526330284

Publisher: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand

Format: Paperback / softback

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Weight: 94g

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