Calculator Annie

by Alexander McCall Smith

No matter how hard Annie tries, she just cannot do even the simplest sums. It's so embarrassing! When she goes to the shops, she can't work out how much money to hand the shopkeeper, and she always gets 0 for her maths homework. That is, until Annie goes to sleep with a calculator under her pillow, and something very strange happens. Overnight, Annie becomes a maths maestro capable of solving problems so fast it takes people's breath away. It impresses one world-renowned maths genius so much that he decides to put Annie's powers to the ultimate test. Will Annie be up to the mathematical challenge, or will she be at sixes and sevens and end up back at square one? Prepare yourself for this brain-teasing adventure ...

Genres: Childrens

Paperback

First published April 23, 1992

About the author

Alexander McCall Smith is the author of the international phenomenon The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, the Isabel Dalhousie Series, the Portuguese Irregular Verbs series, and the 44 Scotland Street series. He is professor emeritus of medical law at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and has served on many national and international bodies concerned with bioethics. He was born in what is now known as Zimbabwe and he was a law professor at the University of Botswana. He lives in Scotland. Visit him online at www.alexandermccallsmith.com, on Facebook, and on Twitter.

Reviews

[Susan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Buku pertama yang Nat (8 thn) baca sendiri

[Işıl · Rating 5 out of 5]

bu benim en sevdiğim kitaptı.

[Louise · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was moderately disappointed in this book. I guess that's what comes with the territory of Alexander McCall Smith. I haven't read much of his rather prolific output, but have loved the 4 books of the #1 Detective Agency books that I've read. I was very excited to learn recently that he had also written a number of children's books. This is the first of his that I've read. A simple enough story. Annie is an 11 year old girl who is completely hopeless at maths. She can't do even the simplest of additions. Then one day she goes to sleep with a calculator under her pillow, and she wakes to find herself a mathematical genius. Then it all becomes rather predictable, and sadly somewhat unmemorable. Having said that I really do admire McCall Smith and am still looking forward to trying some of his other books written for kids.

[Indah Threez Lestari · Rating 3 out of 5]

166 - 2013

[Em · Rating 3 out of 5]

read this when i was 10 Lol still on my bookshelf