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Encyclopedia Brown, the teenage sleuth often called America’s Sherlock Holmes, takes on ten fresh cases in this volume. Each story features puzzles and spy intrigue, with the solutions neatly printed in the back for young readers to test their investigative skills.
First publish date: 1994
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Donald J. Sobol
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