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| Ripley"s RBI: A Scaly Tale - mystery book review |
RIPLEY'S RBI: A SCALY TALE
Text: Kay Wilkins
Art: Ailin Chambers
Ripley Entertainment, Inc.
2010
AVAILABLE: paperback, Kindle
Ripley's RBI 01: Scaly
Tale is the first in the Ripley's RBI series. Ripley
High is a special school for students with special powers. Within the student
body, a small group of students with extra special powers are chosen to join
the school's secret Ripley’s Bureau of Investigation, the RBI. Their mission is
to respond to reports of strange things happening around the world. Like
Ripley, their job is to separate fact from fiction with an arsenal of high-tech
tools. This first assignment sends a team to the Florida Everglades to
investigate reports of a half-man, half-reptile creature.
At first the book reads like the introduction to a video game with
teacher and student bio-sketches, graphics, and RBI background information
designed to tempt reluctant readers. Once the story begins its peppered with
sidebar facts on smart phone image graphics. There's lots of action. Lots of
dialogue. Lots of danger. Lots of close calls before the team discovers the
truth behind the rumors of the lizard-man. The story is followed up by the
real-life case file from Ripley's Believe it Or Not. Kids who love to
read Ripley's Believe it Or Not, will love this book.
TARGET AUDIENCE: 5-7th graders
MYSTERY / SUSPENSE:
scary action
KID APPEAL: boys & Believe-It-or Not fans
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