Review: THE MAISY FILES by Elizabeth Woodrum (Books 1-3)

THE MAISY FILES: MAISY AND THE MISSING MICE (Book 1)

 

If you ever want to see your lollipops again, forget about the missing mice.

Meet Maisy. A savvy, precocious, 4^th grade detective with a knack for solving misdemeanors.

Every case she’s been on has brought her back to the old-time, black-and-white movies, where she was a little Humphrey Bogart. Maisy never asked for money; just lollipops. And one thing that you’d need to know about her: Nobody messes with her lollipops.

Now her school is without its mascot: mice. And Maisy is on the case.

 

Maisy is a smart kid with an overactive imagination. A cute, fun mystery that kids will enjoy!

 

My rating: 4 stars

 

 

THE MAISY FILES: MAISY AND THE MONEY MARAUDER (Book 2)

 

Little Maisy is back! Who took the missing lunch money?

 

This is another fun, little mystery, even though I found it hard to believe that elementary kids would be that anal as to realize that they’d be missing fifteen cents. Who keeps count of that, really? Well, there was definitely a lot of math involved, which kids would be able to relate.

 
This one, however, started off a little slower as it kept rehashing the case of the missing mice from the last book. We didn’t really get to the money until about 20 pages in.

But it’s still a fun and quick mystery nonetheless. Maisy is such an observant and inquisitive kid.

 

My rating: 3 stars

 

 

THE MAISY FILES: MAISY AND THE MYSTERY MANOR (Book 3)

 

Maisy is spending a weekend in a mystery manor. Talk about a dream come true for this savvy, little detective. The whole weekend would be a play with the adults as actors. What a fun game!

 

But, of course, this wasn’t a real case like the missing mice or the stolen money. But kids would enjoy the mystery.

 

My rating: 3 stars