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Jigsaw Jones Mystery #30
The Case of the Kidnapped Candy
Looking for intriguing mysteries, great friendship stories, and quality chapter books for beginning readers? Look no Jigsaw and Mila are the best detectives on the market!
The best detective in second grade is back -- and this time, he's cracking a Valentine's Day mystery! When the class's Valentine's Day candy stash disappears, it's up to Jigsaw and Mila to figure out who stole it. But there's more than one person with a sweet tooth in Ms. Gleason's classroom, so solving the mystery won't be easy. This case is no sweet treat!
The best detective in second grade is back -- and this time, he's cracking a Valentine's Day mystery! When the class's Valentine's Day candy stash disappears, it's up to Jigsaw and Mila to figure out who stole it. But there's more than one person with a sweet tooth in Ms. Gleason's classroom, so solving the mystery won't be easy. This case is no sweet treat!
80 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2007
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About the author
James Preller
201 books142 followersJames Preller (born 1961) is the children's book author of the Jigsaw Jones Mysteries, which are published by Scholastic Corporation. He grew up in Wantagh, New York and went to college in Oneonta, New York. After graduating from college in 1983, James Preller was employed as a waiter for one year before being hired as a copywriter by Scholastic Corporation, where he was introduced (through their books) to many noatable children's authors. This inspired James Preller to try writing his own books. James Preller published his first book, entitled MAXX TRAX: Avalanche Rescue, in 1986. Since that time, James Preller has written a variety of books, and has written under a number of pen names, including Mitzy Kafka, James Patrick, and Izzy Bonkers. James Preller lives in Delmar, New York with his wife Lisa and their three children.
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February 14, 2020
I thought this would be more about Valentine's Day since it mentioned it in the summary. I saved this to read at the holiday and I was disappointed that the book started the day after the holiday. I would have liked for there to have been more traditions honored, like the class giving out cards to each other and crushes and something between Jigsaw and Mila. But it began with the teacher going over love poems and skipped Valentine's Day altogether.
Ms. Gleason had a surprise for the class, had it on her desk under a sheet all week. But on the day of the reveal, the gum ball machine she had filled up with Hershey kisses was empty. Jigsaw found a wrapper under Ms. Gleason's desk and Mila found one at Mike's cubby. Bobby had bragged earlier that week that he knew what was under the sheet so he was another suspect. Joey was added because he'd cleaned the board each day after school.
Eddie mentioned a bet he'd had with Bobby but Bobby interrupted before he could say, like he didn't want them to know. Bobby told them that Mike doesn't eat chocolate but it smacked of a lie and by the end they didn't know who to believe. Lucy vouched that Joey hadn't been alone any day because she was feeding the hamsters at the same time and they were always together after school.
They had found a piece of paper with a chocolate smudge on it and compared the handwriting to their school assignments and matched them to Lucy's. When he confronted Lucy, she admitting to putting her hand under the sheet and popping out only one kiss, because Joey had told her to. Joey heard it from Eddie when Eddie had told a couple guys about what it was. Joey had taken a few pieces.
Mila spotted Mike eating chocolate, so that had been a lie that he didn't eat any.
They went over to confront the guys on the playground and they told Mila she had to leave because no girls were allowed. It was a nice moment when Jigsaw grabbed her arm when she started to leave because she wanted to stay.
Eddie confessed that Bobby was the one who found out. But Bobby said Eddie had taken his last piece Thursday afternoon, and Bobby hadn't even been there so the candy was still in it while he was at school, so he wasn't the one who took it. He'd seen candy in Mike's backpack and he admitted to taking a couple pieces, but Ralphie had been the one to tell him. He'd heard from someone else, from heard it from another, who heard it from someone who saw Ms. Gleason sneaking a chocolate out at the start of the week.
Jigsaw figured out that it was a bunch of people who had contributed to the empt jar. All of the teamwork assignments and how poems and songs are made up of different parts helped him to figure it out. This led him to have the class raise their hands if they had taken any kisses and almost everyone had taken some.
I'm used to these introducing several suspects, none of which all the real culprit, and then having it be someone else, someone random. That's what I expected here, so I guess it was nice that that wasn't the case. At some point I had figured out that if all those people had taken some out, then that's how it ran out, just from common sense. So I had guessed it was multiple people, but I didn't expect that it was almost the entire class that had had some. Points for surprise in having so many thieves. This wasn't one of the better ones because it was lacking in the humor department with only a couple amusing lines, and it wasn't interesting.
Ms. Gleason had a surprise for the class, had it on her desk under a sheet all week. But on the day of the reveal, the gum ball machine she had filled up with Hershey kisses was empty. Jigsaw found a wrapper under Ms. Gleason's desk and Mila found one at Mike's cubby. Bobby had bragged earlier that week that he knew what was under the sheet so he was another suspect. Joey was added because he'd cleaned the board each day after school.
Eddie mentioned a bet he'd had with Bobby but Bobby interrupted before he could say, like he didn't want them to know. Bobby told them that Mike doesn't eat chocolate but it smacked of a lie and by the end they didn't know who to believe. Lucy vouched that Joey hadn't been alone any day because she was feeding the hamsters at the same time and they were always together after school.
They had found a piece of paper with a chocolate smudge on it and compared the handwriting to their school assignments and matched them to Lucy's. When he confronted Lucy, she admitting to putting her hand under the sheet and popping out only one kiss, because Joey had told her to. Joey heard it from Eddie when Eddie had told a couple guys about what it was. Joey had taken a few pieces.
Mila spotted Mike eating chocolate, so that had been a lie that he didn't eat any.
They went over to confront the guys on the playground and they told Mila she had to leave because no girls were allowed. It was a nice moment when Jigsaw grabbed her arm when she started to leave because she wanted to stay.
Eddie confessed that Bobby was the one who found out. But Bobby said Eddie had taken his last piece Thursday afternoon, and Bobby hadn't even been there so the candy was still in it while he was at school, so he wasn't the one who took it. He'd seen candy in Mike's backpack and he admitted to taking a couple pieces, but Ralphie had been the one to tell him. He'd heard from someone else, from heard it from another, who heard it from someone who saw Ms. Gleason sneaking a chocolate out at the start of the week.
Jigsaw figured out that it was a bunch of people who had contributed to the empt jar. All of the teamwork assignments and how poems and songs are made up of different parts helped him to figure it out. This led him to have the class raise their hands if they had taken any kisses and almost everyone had taken some.
I'm used to these introducing several suspects, none of which all the real culprit, and then having it be someone else, someone random. That's what I expected here, so I guess it was nice that that wasn't the case. At some point I had figured out that if all those people had taken some out, then that's how it ran out, just from common sense. So I had guessed it was multiple people, but I didn't expect that it was almost the entire class that had had some. Points for surprise in having so many thieves. This wasn't one of the better ones because it was lacking in the humor department with only a couple amusing lines, and it wasn't interesting.
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January 26, 2021
I gave it 5 stars because it is amazing.
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November 13, 2014 Being a detective sometimes means giving up recess….
A Jigsaw Jones Mystery: The Case of the Kidnapped Candy by James Preller is the story about a boy named Jigsaw and his friend Mila who solves the case of his teachers’ kidnapped candy. The story begins in the classroom of 201 where the students are learning about poems. Mrs. Gleason, the teacher, wants students to come up with their own poem about something that they love and then on Friday they would share their poems as well as get a surprise. Students asks Mrs. Gleason about what the surprise could be as they do not like surprises. Friday comes around and students share their poem, but when Mrs. Gleason goes to share the surprise with students, she notices that the surprise was gone out of the gum ball machine. Jigsaw and Mila play detectives and begin looking for clues and writing down suspects…. Who solve the candy? You will have to read the rest of this amazing story to figure out the culprit
I absolutely enjoyed this reading this book because it was truly a page turner. I literally read this book in one hour and wanted to find out who had stolen Mrs. Greason’s candy. I found myself investigating with the main characters. There was never a dull moment because every other page was funny. I had never heard of the author, James Preller, before but am interested in reading more of the Jigsaw Jones Mystery books.
The readability of this text seems to be for grades 2 through 5, with the interest level being for the same grades. Not only could a teacher use this to talk about the mystery genres in literature but the teacher could also use this book to allow students to make predictions about what they think will come next in the story. I would also use this as a reader theatre activity so that students could act out the story and also students could write their own mystery story. This book could be used an independent read as well as a read aloud to students.
Very suspenseful!
A Jigsaw Jones Mystery: The Case of the Kidnapped Candy by James Preller is the story about a boy named Jigsaw and his friend Mila who solves the case of his teachers’ kidnapped candy. The story begins in the classroom of 201 where the students are learning about poems. Mrs. Gleason, the teacher, wants students to come up with their own poem about something that they love and then on Friday they would share their poems as well as get a surprise. Students asks Mrs. Gleason about what the surprise could be as they do not like surprises. Friday comes around and students share their poem, but when Mrs. Gleason goes to share the surprise with students, she notices that the surprise was gone out of the gum ball machine. Jigsaw and Mila play detectives and begin looking for clues and writing down suspects…. Who solve the candy? You will have to read the rest of this amazing story to figure out the culprit
I absolutely enjoyed this reading this book because it was truly a page turner. I literally read this book in one hour and wanted to find out who had stolen Mrs. Greason’s candy. I found myself investigating with the main characters. There was never a dull moment because every other page was funny. I had never heard of the author, James Preller, before but am interested in reading more of the Jigsaw Jones Mystery books.
The readability of this text seems to be for grades 2 through 5, with the interest level being for the same grades. Not only could a teacher use this to talk about the mystery genres in literature but the teacher could also use this book to allow students to make predictions about what they think will come next in the story. I would also use this as a reader theatre activity so that students could act out the story and also students could write their own mystery story. This book could be used an independent read as well as a read aloud to students.
Very suspenseful!
August 16, 2017
This is the first story we've read in the Jigsaw Jones Mystery series and we liked it. It was a fairly simple mystery to solve and it was a nice story to read at Valentine's Day.
It's perfect for young elementary school-age children who are starting to read chapter books. We have the first book in the series on hold and will probably dig into this series in earnest.
It's perfect for young elementary school-age children who are starting to read chapter books. We have the first book in the series on hold and will probably dig into this series in earnest.
March 1, 2013
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I think this was the first novel I read.
Awesome book! I remember being inspired by the book that I became the school detective back then. And I feel so ridiculous.
I also love Jigsaw. Not from Saw movies, okay? He has a great personality. And we're almost alike. I can relate with some his situations.
Overall, I love this series. This was my first love with novels.
I think this was the first novel I read.
Awesome book! I remember being inspired by the book that I became the school detective back then. And I feel so ridiculous.
I also love Jigsaw. Not from Saw movies, okay? He has a great personality. And we're almost alike. I can relate with some his situations.
Overall, I love this series. This was my first love with novels.
October 3, 2016
This book was very interesting. It takes you on a journey to figure out who the candy thief or thieves are. It uses simple grammar and makes you wonder who committed the crime.
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