May Read/Ruby 1& 2 & 3

Title: Club CSI: The Case Of The Mystery Meat Loaf

                                  Missing Moola

                                   Disappearing Dogs

Author: David Lewman

Ruby's Read:

    Hannah, Ben and Corey were the students of Woodlands Junior High, they had known one another since they'd entered kindergarten in their small Nevada town, but in seventh grade they'd ended up in separate home rooms. Luckily, they still had several classes together. From this semester, they were going to take a class of earth science together, but since their science teacher had retired for some reasons, they got a new teacher for " Forensic Science". In the class, they started to learn how to collect evidence to support the argument.

    Three of them loved the ways which the science teacher -Miss Hodges taught them, and they were starting a club which was called "Club CSI". CSI stands for Crime Scene Investigation. They also decided to let Miss Hodges to be their official adviser, it's not only would be an official school club, but also could ask Miss Hodges questions how to do their investigations.

    The first case of Club CSI was the meatless meat loaf. Miss Hodges suggested the chief of school to provide healthier food for students, and she gave a recipe to the chief, but a bunch of students had gotten sick to their stomachs after the first meatless meat loaf lunch. The members of Club CSI investigated the crime scene - kitchen, took some pictures, and collected some evidence. They found out who was the criminal at last.

   

The second case of Club CSI was about the missing one hundred. Corey's class was collecting money from selling magazine subscription for their trip to Washington D.C., but there was a hundred dollars short when teacher took the whole money from the locked metal box. Unfortunately, several kids suspected Corey stole the money, he needed to clean his name, and he knew his best friends could help him do it. Three members of Club CSI found fingerprints they believed belonged to the thief, a feather at the crime scene, and even knew the combination to the padlock of metal box was a math puzzle, but they still couldn't find out what the connection is. They didn't give up,talked to a lot of students, visited the expert of locksmith...., and they found out who was the criminal finally.

   

The third case was about the disappearing dogs. Hannah's puppy "Molly" was an Australian cattle dog and she liked to stay with her owner all the time. One night after Hannah and Molly took a walk before bed, Hannah helped her mother to set the garbage in place for the truck to pick up early the next morning and went to bed. Every morning, when Hannah woke up, the first thing she heard was Molly outside her bedroom door, but this morning there was no noise at the door - Molly was missing!! Hannah's parents thought that Hannah might have accidentally left the gate open when she moved the trash can the night before, but Hannah insisted she was positive she closed the gate. Three members of Club CSI found some crumbs from a dog biscuit, small pieces of glass and footprint in Hannah's backyard. In the end, they found out who was the criminal and saved dogs not only Molly but also others.