The Hundred-Dollar Robber: A Mystery with Money (Manga Math Mysteries) - Softcover

Thielbar, Melinda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761352430 ISBN 13: 9780761352433

Publisher: Graphic Universe ™, 2010

Synopsis

Somebody has stolen money from the soccer team. Everyone thinks Tom, the team's big bully, did it, but he says it wasn't him. Should Adam, Amy, Joy, and Sam believe him and help? They will have to figure out how much money was stolen―and also why! The kids work with dollars and cents to find . . . The Hundred-Dollar Robber.

About this title

About the Author:

Melinda Thielbar is a writer, teacher, statistician, and student of the martial arts. Manga Math Mysteries, including The Kung Fu Puzzle and The Secret Ghost is her first children’s series.

In 2005, Melinda left SAS to finish a PhD in statistics. She was awarded a VIGRE fellowship at North Carolina State University. This fellowship is awarded to students likely to make a strong contribution to education in the mathematics and statistics field. Again, Melinda earned a fantastic reputation in the classroom. Her statistics lectures and examples were known for their ability to hold her students' interest―no easy task in a statistics for non-majors class that's held at 8:00am.

Melinda lives in Raleigh, North Carolina with her husband, writer Richard Dansky, and their three cats. She is currently working on the research portion of her PhD.

Having grown up in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tintin Pantoja graduated from the School of Visual Arts in 2005 with a BFA in Illustration and Cartooning. She has worked on a self-published webcomic/graphic novel called Sevenplains, Hamlet: The Manga Edition, three Manga Math books so far, and what would have been a graphic novel adaptation of Pride and Prejudice for Tokyopop. Right now Tintin splits her time between Manila, Philippines, and Jakarta, Indonesia, with occasional visits to Canada and the USA. Besides working for Lerner (which she enjoys), Tintin has several fantasy graphic novels that she's trying to get off the ground.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 4–7—Puzzles and basic mathematical concepts are integrated more or less seamlessly into these entertaining graphic novels. Joy, Amy, Sam, and Adam, all members of Sifu Faiza's kung fu class, demonstrate honesty, intelligence, teamwork, and efficient use of resources while solving minor mysteries in their hometown. The colorful manga-style artwork is energetic and well executed. Fine additions where books such as Jimmy Gownley's "Amelia Rules" (S & S) and Jarrett J. Krosoczka's "Lunch Lady" (Knopf) are popular.—Paula Willey, Baltimore County Public Library, Towson, MD
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About this edition

• Publisher: Graphic Universe ™
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0761352430
• ISBN 13: 9780761352433
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 48
• Illustrator: Pantoja Maria Kristina Sb.