August Acrobat

Calendar Mysteries #8

by Ron Roy, John Steven Gurney (Illustrations)

It's a mystery every month from popular A to Z Mysteries author Ron Roy! With the younger siblings of the A to Z Mysteries kids!

August is for Acrobat...

In the eigth book of the Calendar Mysteries - an early chapter book mystery series - something special is coming to Green Lawn - a traveling circus! But when the performers arrive, they need help. Their show is a mess, and Bradley, Brian, Nate, and Lucy are happy to chip in. They fix up the equipment and find dazzling new acts, but what the show needs most is an acrobat. No one in town is brave enough to go up on the high trapeze, except for one mysterious masked person. If the kids could find out who it is, this might be the best circus ever - but it seems as if this acrobat doesn't want to be found!

Parents, teachers, and librarians agree that these highly collectible chapter books are perfect for emerging readers and any kid who loves mysteries!

Genres: Mystery, Fiction, Childrens, Chapter Books, Middle Grade, Audiobook

80 pages, Library Binding

First published September 23, 2014

About the author

Ron Roy has been writing books for children since 1974. He is the author of dozens of books, including the popular A to Z Mysteries®, Calendar Mysteries, and Capital Mysteries. When not working on a new book, Ron likes to teach tricks to his dog Pal, play poker with friends, travel, and read thrilling mystery books.

Reviews

[Glen · Rating 3 out of 5]

The circus is in town. The kids help get it set up, but it needs an acrobat. A mysterious masked man shows up and wows the crowd. The kids try to find out who he is.

Good for little kids.

[Danica · Rating 4 out of 5]

Always cute little stories about people being their best selves. I love how they seem to show how good people can be and the way they help each other out. Read these with your kids or by yourself. They're my silly guilty pleasure reads each month.

[Olivia Collins · Rating 3 out of 5]

**Warning: this text may contain spoilers** Their is this really good Acobat. This famliy has a circus but the two kids do not want to be in it and one is try to be bad at being a Acrobat so he can do want he want to do in his life!

[Simon · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read the original A-Z Mystery stories when I was a little kid and greatly enjoyed them, I had only ever gotten to the Letter T, so I figured this year I would re-read and actually complete the series all this time later, and I was delighted to learn that Ron Roy has continued on the Green Lawn Mysteries and characters, and gone on with Calendar Mysteries and the A-Z Super Mysteries, which I will get to reading later on.

This series of 12 books focuses on the younger relatives of the Main Characters of the original series, and it's charming and fun to see the adventures they all get up to in this fun additional series.

[James · Rating 2 out of 5]

We used to just give young kids adult novels (or novels written by emotionally stunted adults, which is eerily similar to how most pop music is made and sold) or comic books. Now we give them these turgid, underwritten early chapter books because I don't know, there's a market for it. Kids need to learn how to read but this narratively dull, watered-down stuff isn't going to turn kids on to reading for the long-haul. We already have a problem with literacy why exacerbate it by giving kids the idea that books are dull slogs? This is totally fine and unoffensive but honestly who cares.

[Denise Kettering · Rating 4 out of 5]

A traveling circus comes to town and the kids find out that the family has two teenage kids that are both acrobats, although their parents only think one of them is. The kids are trying to figure out how to tell their parents about their own dreams. In the end, the kids find out how they can help out the circus family and have the opportunity to enjoy the circus too. A fun book for early readers, although the mystery element is not quite as strong as in some of the other books.

[Mary T · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this to my 7-year-old son. With three pages remaining, I got so tired that I put the book down to take a nap. Either I was really tired or the climax wasn't all that exciting. I haven't enjoyed this series as much as the A-Z one.

[Angie Weedon · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think it is really cool

I liked when the parents told Adam and Hannah they would be teachers that was a very good part I think

[Tara · Rating 4 out of 5]

These books are so cute. This one focuses on the circus coming to town. The kids are great and the story is fun.

[GheenGirls · Rating 5 out of 5]

Turtle: great! (She loves Ron Roy mysteries.) She wants to re-read before it goes back to the library. :-)

[Chelsea · Rating 2 out of 5]

Finally finished the last day of August! These aren't my son's or my favorite series. He never asks to read a second chapter.

[Kim · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nate, Lucy, Bradley, and Brian are on another case to find a missing acrobat. Our family loves reading this series, we only have one left.

[Hikari · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bradley, Brian,

[Vicki · Rating 5 out of 5]

640L 90% 7,027

[Serika · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didn’t like it very much.

[Kathryn N. Reeder · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this allowed to my 2nd grade class. It kept them attention and they asked to read it regularly.

[Dolly · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is another fun mystery in the Calendar Mysteries series by Ron Roy. We tore through the A to Z Mysteries by the same author and now we are patiently waiting for each month in this series to get published.

This new series is for younger children, so it's starting to be a bit young for them. No matter. We've had fun with them and the characters and setting are familiar to us by now.

This story was fun (and quite predictable.) I like that these mysteries are simple, harmless, and understandable for young children. There is no danger, menace or unsupervised children putting themselves into a harmful situation. And I love the interaction between the younger children and our old friends: Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose.

[Chihiro Ushida · Rating 3 out of 5]

* RANDOM HOUSE / YL 2.9
* 5/31= 40min 6/2=50min

kids, money, circus, unbelievable, acrobat, practice, success

"That's amazing!"Nate whispered.
"He's like Spider-Man!"

I liked this conversation because it reminds me how amazing the man is. I could feel the eciting emotion from the convesation.

In this semester, I want to read this series as much as possible. It is very suited to me to read. I want to find my favorite story.

[Sterrett Family · Rating 4 out of 5]

Matthew: I loved this book! One of the books in the calendar mysteries series, similar to the ABC mysteries books, Are the August Acrobat! Since it's so short, I wish it was longer! Only 72 pages! Man, It is short! Will they ever know who is the Acrobat, Or are they lucking out? I loved it!

[Sydney · Rating 5 out of 5]

its about Brian and his friends saw this acrobat in silver tights do amazing stuff.so they want to know who that person was.

[Caleb · Rating 3 out of 5]

i liked it

[Kaytee · Rating 4 out of 5]

there was a show and they wanted to see it then they saw a acrobat peforming then the acrobat did not want to do it anymore but they do not know who is the acrobat who could it be?

[K Grant · Rating 4 out of 5]

The kids liked it.

[Sarah - All The Book Blog Names Are Taken]

Eleanor says:Now I want to be a good acrobatics.They were At a Circus. Now I want to go to a Circus.I ❤️d The book.Britney Spears sings a song called Circus.

[Gina]

Finished 1/27/16