Real-life Mysteries
Can you explain the unexplained?
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Publisher Description
WINNER OF THE BLUE PETER BOOK AWARD 2018 - Best Book with Facts. Have you ever wondered what exactly does go bump in the night? From mysteries like Shackleton’s ghostly companion to the Loch Ness Monster and friends, read the amazing evidence about these mysterious cases and make up your own mind. Things are not always what they seem - until they are, then you might wish you had never asked!
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This energetic, hands-on sleuthing primer provides readers with facts, prompts, and visuals to hone their investigative skills as they speculate on intriguing and inexplicable phenomena. Martineau follows succinct yet conversational descriptions of known information surrounding each of 11 mysteries by a "Case File" recapping "the evidence so far." Among the alleged incidents examined are stories of Bigfoot encounters, benign specters, cursed objects, UFO sightings, incidents of spontaneous human combustion, and unsolved disappearances. Jam-packed pages feature a bulletin-board format and Barker's colorful matte illustrations, so readers can evaluate such data as witness statements and proffered theories to help them draw their own conclusions to an array of unanswered questions. Bundling together mystery and history, this volume offers armchair detectives a thought-provoking tutorial on deduction and conjecture. Ages 7 10.
