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    The Case of the Time-Capsule Bandit
    The Case of the Time-Capsule Bandit
    The Case of the Time-Capsule Bandit
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    The Case of the Time-Capsule Bandit

    Written by Octavia Spencer

    Narrated by Octavia Spencer

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    Meet Randi Rhodes, the world’s first ninja detective! Mystery abounds in this “assured, entertaining whodunit” (Publishers Weekly), a 2014 IndieNext pick and the first in a new middle grade series from Academy Award–winning actress Octavia Spencer.

    Deer Creek is a small town whose only hope for survival is the success of their Founder’s Day Festival. But the festival’s main attraction, a time capsule that many people believe hold the town’s treasure, has gone missing.

    Twelve-year-old Randi Rhodes and her best friend, D.C., are Bruce Lee–inspired ninjas and local detectives determined to solve the case. Even if it means investigating a haunted cabin and facing mean old Angus McCarthy, prime suspect.

    They have three days to find the treasure…the future of their whole town is at stake! Will these kids be able to save the day?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateOct 15, 2013
    ISBN9781442364271
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    Octavia Spencer

    A veteran character actress and one of Hollywood’s most sought-after talents, Octavia Spencer has become a familiar fixture on both television and silver screen. Her critically acclaimed performance as Minny in the DreamWorks feature film The Help won her a 2012 Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, a SAG Award, and a Broadcast Film Critics’ Choice Award, among countless other honors. Octavia is a native of Montgomery, Alabama, and holds a BS in Liberal Arts from Auburn University. She lives in Los Angeles. Randi Rhodes, Ninja Detective: The Case of the Time-Capsule Bandit was her first novel.

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    • 5/5
      My daughter (10) is leaving the review....I liked this book because it was very funny. I like all the characters. And it was a good mystery.

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    • 4/5
      My first post BEA13 (Book Expo America) read is Octavia Spencer's new children's mystery "Randi Rhodes Ninja Detective: The Case of the Time-Capsule Bandit". Ms. Spencer cites Nancy Drew as a childhood favorite and it is clear that her new series taps into that lineage. I must say I approached this book with some trepidation since celebrity-written children's books are all too often sub-par. I am happy to state, however, that this book is a winner!I love Randi Rhodes. After the death of her mother and a move away from her beloved Brooklyn, Randi now lives in Deer Creek, Tennessee, her parent's hometown. At 12 she is already an accomplished (although secret) detective and black belt martial artist, yet Ms. Spencer lets us know that Randi is just a young girl, on the brink of adulthood, missing her mother, and trying to make her own identity. Subtle messages of inclusion, friendship, and even feminism, permeate the book, deftly handled by Ms. Spencer in a way that new writers often do not. The clever additions of "Ninja Tasks" at the end of the book are doable and fun. There is even an online component for additional education and enjoyment. I am delighted to have a new series for kids outgrowing Cam Jansen and the Nate the Great. I will put Octavia Spencer's book in the hands of children ages 8-13 looking for realistic mysteries. This one ranks up there with Grisham's Theodore Boone series, the Enola Holmes series by Nancy Springer, as well as the Echo Falls Mysteries by Peter Abrahams. Brava Octavia Spencer!
    • 4/5
      Since her mother’s death a year ago twelve-year-old Miranda Rhodes has taken on the role of Glenn Street, the fictional girl detective in her father’s series of best-selling mysteries. She’s solved thirty-two cases in her Brooklyn neighborhood, “cases that the NYPD won’t bother with…litterbugs…bullies, plant snatchers, and pigeon nappers.” But now her father is moving them to a little town in the Smokey Mountains of East Tennessee. And she doesn’t want to go to a place where she’ll be bored to death.
    • 4/5
      Randi Rhodes is the only child of author Herb Rhodes, the mastermind behind the great detective series staring Glenn Street; so it isn’t surprising that Randi herself aspires to be a great detective.After the passing of her mother, and her father giving up his writing for a while; they move to the small town of Deer Creek where a mystery has occurred, the time-capsule has gone missing. Randi is determined to show her father that she is no longer a baby and that she can help the town solve this crazy misdeed.I have to say, this middle grade book pleasantly surprised me. It was full of adventure, a great strong female character who likes having a black belt and doesn’t want to be pink and frilly, and a great cast of characters overall. The plot was fun and fast paced and a middle grade reader would definitely enjoy this book. To make it even more awesome there is an appendix of Ninja Detective things to do along with the book: like how to spy, make a casting of a footprint, and there is even a place to login on a computer and become part of the ninja detective team. This interactive aspect is really building on what middle grade readers like with their books.Overall, I found the book easy to read and enjoyable. I think both boys and girls in the middle grade range would also love it!
    • 3/5
      Good enough for the target audience. Somewhat stereotyped (what isn't, for this age?), but reasonably done story. The clues for the mystery were fairly laid and solved by the kids (age 12).
    • 3/5
      A simple mystery that reads fairly quickly. The kid detective storyline was a bit silly, but not totally over the top or far fetched, and the characters were likeable. One of the leads has asthma (which I don't know much about, so I can't really speak to the realism of that depiction), the ninja detective part comes from two of the leads being very passionate about martial arts, and there's a fat cat named Pumpkin. Small town mystery with small town stakes and a few red herrings.
    • 3/5
      Narrated by Octavia Spencer. I was a little apprehensive hearing Octavia Spencer start out in a bit of a monotone but she hits her stride as a reader when Randi and her father move down south and Spencer plays with the various accents of the townspeople such as the Sheriff, Angus, and Pudge. In the end, a pleasant production for the family to enjoy.