Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
Space Case
Stuart Gibbs · 2014
84/100
👍 Worth It
Stuart Gibbs pulls off something genuinely difficult here — a tightly plotted locked-room murder mystery that works because the lunar setting is not decoration but integral to every clue and constraint. The New York Times called it a 'delightful and brilliantly constructed middle-grade thriller' and the multiple state award nominations back that up; this is one of the stronger middle-grade sci-fi mysteries in the catalog.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety80
substance85
craft88
originality85
accuracy82
hype88
age-fit82
human-eye85
Penny’s verdict84
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