The Case of the Time-Capsule Bandit

Name: The Case of the Time-Capsule Bandit
Brand: Simon & Schuster Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Octavia Spencer
ISBN: 9781442364271

Author: Octavia Spencer

Series: Randi Rhodes, Ninja Detective #1

Narrator: Octavia Spencer

Unabridged: 4 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Published: 10/15/2013

Categories: Children's Fiction, Action & Adventure Stories, Children's Social Themes, Children's Mystery & Detective

Synopsis

Meet Randi Rhodes, the world’s first ninja detective! Mystery abounds in this “assured, entertaining whodunit” (Publishers Weekly), a 2014 IndieNext pick and the first in a new middle grade series from Academy Award–winning actress Octavia Spencer.

Deer Creek is a small town whose only hope for survival is the success of their Founder’s Day Festival. But the festival’s main attraction, a time capsule that many people believe hold the town’s treasure, has gone missing.

Twelve-year-old Randi Rhodes and her best friend, D.C., are Bruce Lee–inspired ninjas and local detectives determined to solve the case. Even if it means investigating a haunted cabin and facing mean old Angus McCarthy, prime suspect.

They have three days to find the treasure…the future of their whole town is at stake! Will these kids be able to save the day?

About Octavia Spencer

A veteran character actress and one of Hollywood’s most sought-after talents, Octavia Spencer has become a familiar fixture on both television and silver screen. Her critically acclaimed performance as Minny in the DreamWorks feature film The Help won her a 2012 Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, a SAG Award, and a Broadcast Film Critics’ Choice Award, among countless other honors. Octavia is a native of Montgomery, Alabama, and holds a BS in Liberal Arts from Auburn University. She lives in Los Angeles. Randi Rhodes, Ninja Detective: The Case of the Time-Capsule Bandit was her first novel.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Meagan on July 16, 2015

Review by my 7yo. If you want to be a ninja and a detective this is the book for you! I want to be both and I learned a lot.......more

Goodreads review by Kathrina on July 04, 2013

Octavia Spencer, Academy Award-winner of The Help, started writing this book 13 years ago. Her Hollywood mentor, Sandra Bullock, gave it a read and encouraged her to seek a publisher. With her new stardom, she found a contract with Simon & Schuster, and the second in the series will follow shortly.......more

Goodreads review by Lindsey on April 04, 2018

Octavia Spencer.....actress AND author! This is a cute, simple, quick read that is great for middle school students. It's fast paced and provides the reader with a fun journey. The characters are decent with a little character development. The storyline is great and will be easy for younger readers......more

Goodreads review by J.J. on May 01, 2025

This started off a little fun and melancholy. We get the new setting and a story right away. The characters are simple at first, but turn out to be more than originally seen. The outcome wasn’t easy you figure out. The simple adults and the characters put all the pieces together. A solid story I wou......more

Goodreads review by Katie on December 18, 2016

When Miranda “Randi” Rhodes and her dad leave Brooklyn and move to a small town in Tennessee, Randi must leave behind her identity as Glenn Street, the neighborhood vigilante whose name is taken from her father’s detective novels. She worries that nothing remotely interesting will happen in her new......more