The Red Blazer Girls The Ring of Roc..., Michael D. Beil
The Red Blazer Girls The Ring of Roc..., Michael D. Beil
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The Red Blazer Girls: The Ring of Rocamadour

Author: Michael D. Beil

Narrator: Tai Alexandra Ricci

Unabridged: 6 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/14/2009


Synopsis

The perfect series for kids who loved THE LEMONADE WAR series and are ready for more mysteries!

Edgar Award Nominee for Best Mystery!

"With wit, cunning, snappy dialogue and superior math skills, The Red Blazer Girls represent the best of girl-detectives while still feeling relatable and real. Nancy Drew would be right at home with this group." -- Huffington Post's 15 Greatest Kid Detectives List

It all began with The Scream. And ended with . . . well, if we told you that, it wouldn’t be a mystery! But in between The Scream and The Very Surprising Ending, three friends find themselves on a scavenger hunt set up for a girl they never met, in search of a legendary ring reputed to grant wishes. Are these sleuths in school uniforms modern-day equivalents of Nancy, Harriet, or Scooby? Not really, they’re just three nice girls who decide to help out a weird lady, and end up hiding under tables, tackling word puzzles and geometry equations, and searching rather moldy storage rooms for “the stuff that dreams are made of” (that’s from an old detective movie). Oh, and there’s A Boy, who complicates things. As boys often do.

Intrigued? The Red Blazer Girls offers a fun, twisty adventure for those who love mystery, math (c’mon, admit it!), and a modest measure of mayhem.

Michael Beil, a New York City high school English teacher and life-long mystery fan, delivers a middle-grade caper that's perfect for middle-grade readers who have finished THE LEMONADE WAR series and are ready for more advanced mysteries!

About The Author

Michael Beil teaches English at a Catholic High School in New York City. But lest anyone peg him as a mere "mild mannered academic" it should be noted that Mike and his wife are also intrepid mountain climbers. He makes his literary debut with The Red Blazer Girls.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ivonne on August 06, 2014

The Ring of Rocamadour, the debut to The Red Blazer Girls mystery series, is a valentine to New York City and the thousands of plaid-skirted parochial school girls that swarm Upper Manhattan. It made the decades that I’ve been gone just melt away and inspired a nostalgia-tinged smile. Seventh-grader......more

Goodreads review by Reading Vacation on March 09, 2011

REVIEW Do you like puns? This mystery was full of them and they made me laugh. Oh, and there was a dash of romance mixed in. This mystery also had geometry problems and word puzzles to solve. How’s that for unique? The idea of a girl detective made me think of Nancy Drew, but Nancy was always older. I......more

Goodreads review by Melissa on August 06, 2014

I really wanted to like this book. I had passed it several times in the library and thought it looked interesting. While the plot is engaging, the language occasionally used really turned me off. At one point in the book, Sophie says that her parents once talked about "their first-times" over dinner......more

Goodreads review by Patti on January 21, 2025

Fun “treasure hunt” style mystery with friend drama and a dash of romance. Great character interaction with witty banter.......more

Goodreads review by ~just one hopeless romantic~ on August 06, 2022

This book was great. I loved the drama, the characters, and the mystery! I don’t know why people say it was horrible because of the bad words. They are 7th graders for crying out loud! There parents probably know that they are saying bad words! This book was amazing!......more


Quotes

Starred Review, Booklist, January 1 & 15th, 2009:
“A familiar heroine—the girl detective—gets a fresh look (red blazer!) in this delightful debut.”