Cool Careers for Girls as Crime Solvers

Cool Careers for Girls as Crime Solvers
Author: Linda Thornburg
Publisher:
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2001
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781570231742

Designed for young girls, this new title in the popular "Cool Careers for Girls" series profiles ten pioneering women working as crime solvers, from police officer to forensic scientist. 10 photos. 20 illustrations.

Careers in Fingerprint and Trace Analysis

Careers in Fingerprint and Trace Analysis
Author: Jeffrey Spaulding
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Total Pages: 65
Release: 2008-01-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1435847636

With the popularity of the "CSI" franchise and other shows that shine the light on forensics, this book will keep your readers' interest. It's a great preliminary resource for reluctant readers as well.

Word Evidence

Word Evidence
Author: Michael Martin
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2007
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780736867900

Did you know that everyone has a unique style of communication? Forensic linguists study the grammar, word choices, and accents people use when they speak and write. Learn how what people say-and how they say it-can prove or disprove their connection with a crime.

Collaborating for Project-Based Learning in Grades 9-12

Collaborating for Project-Based Learning in Grades 9-12
Author: Violet H. Harada
Publisher: Linworth
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2008-05
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Discusses the benefits of project-based learning, which encourages students to make connections between the topics they study and their personal interests, and provide eleven example projects for exploring science, sociology, history, art, and math.

The Thursday Murder Club

The Thursday Murder Club
Author: Richard Osman
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2021-08-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1984880985

A New York Times bestseller | Soon to be a major motion picture “Witty, endearing and greatly entertaining.” —Wall Street Journal “Don’t trust anyone, including the four septuagenarian sleuths in Osman’s own laugh-out-loud whodunit.” —Parade Four septuagenarians with a few tricks up their sleeves A female cop with her first big case A brutal murder Welcome to... THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly in the Jigsaw Room to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves the Thursday Murder Club. When a local developer is found dead with a mysterious photograph left next to the body, the Thursday Murder Club suddenly find themselves in the middle of their first live case. As the bodies begin to pile up, can our unorthodox but brilliant gang catch the killer, before it's too late?