Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award
2013 · Grades 3-5 · Nominee
About This Book
National treasures, criminal masterminds, and…secret agent librarians?
Steve Brixton wants to be a crime-busting detective—just like his favorite crime-busting detectives, the Bailey Brothers. Turns out, though, that real life is nothing like the stories.
When Steve borrows the wrong book from the library, he finds himself involved in a treasonous plot that pits him against helicopter-rappelling librarians, has him outwitting a gaggle of police, and sees him standing off against the mysterious Mr. E. And all his Bailey Brothers know-how isn't helping at all!
Worst of all, his social studies report is due Monday, and Ms. Gilfeather will not give him an extension!
Steve Brixton wants to be a crime-busting detective—just like his favorite crime-busting detectives, the Bailey Brothers. Turns out, though, that real life is nothing like the stories.
When Steve borrows the wrong book from the library, he finds himself involved in a treasonous plot that pits him against helicopter-rappelling librarians, has him outwitting a gaggle of police, and sees him standing off against the mysterious Mr. E. And all his Bailey Brothers know-how isn't helping at all!
Worst of all, his social studies report is due Monday, and Ms. Gilfeather will not give him an extension!
Series Placement
Awards
Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award
2013 · Grades 6-8 · Nominee
Young Hoosier Book Award
2013 · Intermediate · Nominee
Bluebonnet Award
2012 · Children's · Nominee
Iowa Children's Choice (ICCA) Award
2012 · Children's · Nominee
Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award
2012 · Grades 3-5 · Nominee
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award
2012 · Grades 3-6 · Nominee
Black-Eyed Susan Award
2011 · Grades 4-6 · Nominee
South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award
2011 · Children's · Nominee
Great Stone Face Book Award
2010 · Grades 4-6 · Nominee
Edgar Allan Poe Award
2010 · Juvenile · Nominee
