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The missing marlin

David A. Kelly · 2014

Explore the age guidance, content cautions, positive qualities, and supporting notes for The missing marlin by David A. Kelly. This book is content notes include Products & advertising; positive qualities include Creativity & curiosity, Good role models.

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Strongest cautions

  • Products & advertising2/5

Strongest positives

  • Creativity & curiosity3/5
  • Good role models3/5
  • Positive messages3/5

What’s in it?

Products & advertising2/5
Why this rating?

Features professional baseball stadiums and team names as part of the premise.

What’s good in it?

Courage & resilience2/5
Why this rating?

Characters show mild courage in pursuing clues.

Creativity & curiosity3/5
Why this rating?

Encourages readers to solve puzzles along with the characters.

Diverse representation1/5
Why this rating?

The series includes diverse character leads in a standard children's mystery format.

Educational value2/5
Why this rating?

Introduces young readers to baseball geography and deductive reasoning.

Kindness & empathy2/5
Why this rating?

Characters are generally helpful and polite.

Positive messages3/5
Why this rating?

Promotes observation, critical thinking, and doing the right thing.

Good role models3/5
Why this rating?

The protagonists are curious, independent, and work together well.

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  1. What was the most imaginative idea in the story, and what would you add to it?
  2. Did products, possessions, or buying things matter to the story? What message did that send?
  3. Which choice in The missing marlin would you have made differently, and why?
  4. Who changed the most in The missing marlin, and what caused that change?
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