The Hole Nine Yards

(Paperback)

Publishing Details

Classifications

Physical Properties

Description

Shaker Street residents are finding holes all over their yards. Are animals to blame Are aliens Michael Liv and Leo - the Mysterious Makers of Shaker Street - decide to investigate what's behind all the destroyed landscapes. After gathering some clues the makers put their creativity and building know-how to work with a homemade metal detector. Will the makers' latest projects lead them to a space ship or a sinister neighbor A glossary and reader questions provide support to the young reader and when the story's over readers can become a makers themselves by recreating the gadgets with instructions included at the end of the book.

Author Bio

Stacia Deutsch is the author of the eight-book, award-winning, chapter book series Blast to the Past. Her resume includes Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, The Boxcar Children, and Mean Ghouls from Scholastic. Stacia has also written junior movie tie in novels for summer blockbuster films, including Batman, The Dark Knight and the New York Times Best Sellers: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and The Smurfs. In 2013, she earned her MFA from Western State where she currently teaches fiction writing.