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Hailey Haddie's Minute Mysteries: 15 Short Stories For Young Sleuths
You are invited to solve supernatural crimes with Hailey Haddie, the famous amateur detective. Use your deductive skills to tackle hidden clues, tricky puzzles, wacky suspects, and relentless riddles.
Each mystery is less than 400 words long, so you can read it in about a minute and solve it in a few more.
A rare potion was stolen from a castle. Who did it? Only YOU can figure it out.
Take a peek inside Hailey Haddie’s case log of 15 mysteries and join the fun of investigating the crimes!
Each mystery is less than 400 words long, so you can read it in about a minute and solve it in a few more.
A rare potion was stolen from a castle. Who did it? Only YOU can figure it out.
Take a peek inside Hailey Haddie’s case log of 15 mysteries and join the fun of investigating the crimes!
115 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 14, 2022
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Displaying 1 - 12 of 12 reviews
March 6, 2023
I love this little Junior Sleuth series!
I’d put these in the age range of 8-12 primarily but my husband and I had a complete blast reading these! Really had to get our noodles cooking to figure some of these out!
There are 15 short cases - took me about 2 minutes to read each case. Each case has two hints, and harder one and then easier one. Answers are in the back of the book. Easy enough on KU to homo back and forth w the hyperlink and KU “back to page” function.
I’d definitely buy this as a gift, if for my kids when they get a little older. It’s fun to do alone, in pairs, or a group!
I’d put these in the age range of 8-12 primarily but my husband and I had a complete blast reading these! Really had to get our noodles cooking to figure some of these out!
There are 15 short cases - took me about 2 minutes to read each case. Each case has two hints, and harder one and then easier one. Answers are in the back of the book. Easy enough on KU to homo back and forth w the hyperlink and KU “back to page” function.
I’d definitely buy this as a gift, if for my kids when they get a little older. It’s fun to do alone, in pairs, or a group!
October 7, 2022
Cute middle grade book with a variety of short mysteries and hints to the solutions. The stories stimulate out-of-the-box thinking and logic.
September 23, 2022
3.5 stars
This was a fun selection of mystery stories, each of which take minutes to read. To me, they felt like an abbreviated version of the Encyclopedia Brown books I used to love reading. While a couple of them were obscure, I was able to figure out most of them immediately, but I think the book would be a great source of short mysteries that kids could play at a birthday party or something along those lines. The book even has a suggestion for using the stories in this book that way. Some of the stories include fantastical creatures such as cyclops or vampires, while others are just people. Regardless, each story is a quick mystery that 8-11-year-olds would enjoy trying to solve. This would be a fun book to have in an elementary/middle school reading nook or the waiting room in a pediatric medical office.
This was a fun selection of mystery stories, each of which take minutes to read. To me, they felt like an abbreviated version of the Encyclopedia Brown books I used to love reading. While a couple of them were obscure, I was able to figure out most of them immediately, but I think the book would be a great source of short mysteries that kids could play at a birthday party or something along those lines. The book even has a suggestion for using the stories in this book that way. Some of the stories include fantastical creatures such as cyclops or vampires, while others are just people. Regardless, each story is a quick mystery that 8-11-year-olds would enjoy trying to solve. This would be a fun book to have in an elementary/middle school reading nook or the waiting room in a pediatric medical office.
November 27, 2022
Terrific brain teasers for middle grade (or above) readers. These fifteen stories provide the clues needed for Hailey Haddie to solve the mysteries and also offer readers the chance to do the same. Similar to Sobol's Encyclopedia Brown and Two-Minute Mysteries series. Readers have the chance to read the story then go back and find the clues offered. Answers are given at the back of the book. Great short story to share with classes to encourage listening and processing skills.
July 5, 2023
Quick Thinkers
Cute, short brain teasers. Each read was short and to the point. The questions following were thought provoking. I can see where the party games at the back would be fun with a crowd of friends.
Cute, short brain teasers. Each read was short and to the point. The questions following were thought provoking. I can see where the party games at the back would be fun with a crowd of friends.
February 22, 2025
A fun and fantastical series of stories that is as enjoyable for the adult (done as a read aloud) as for the kid (prob 8-12yo range) in stimulating creative thinking. The out-of-the-box ideas each story generates is fabulous!! A series of short stories that also might help a reluctant reader (like mine). Hailey is an engaging protagonist and the hints are very helpful. Will buy more books by this author. Highly recommend.
December 14, 2022
These are fun to read when you just have a few minutes for each story. Just wish the conclusions were at the end of each story and not at the back of the book. Back of the book works well with print books as it's easy to flip back and forth. Not so easy with an eBook.
September 19, 2023
The problem is me.
I grew up on the Encyclopedia Brown minute mysteries. I adore them. These do not reach that bar.
That being said, if you’ve never read the EB mysteries you will probably like these much more than I did.
I grew up on the Encyclopedia Brown minute mysteries. I adore them. These do not reach that bar.
That being said, if you’ve never read the EB mysteries you will probably like these much more than I did.
September 17, 2022
Clever!
January 23, 2023
3 stars for these bizarre mysteries
February 25, 2023
3.5
Fun minute mysteries for middle graders.
Fun minute mysteries for middle graders.
July 1, 2023
Cute mysteries
These short stories would,be good for middle graders. They were I interesting, short and sweet and if you paid attention you could solve them with the,clues given.
These short stories would,be good for middle graders. They were I interesting, short and sweet and if you paid attention you could solve them with the,clues given.
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