The Lost Key - A Mystery with Whole Numbers

When equipment is stolen from Sifu Faiza's Kung Fu School, where students learn compassion and responsibility as they train their minds and bodies, four friends use basic math skills to track down the culprits.

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.

Product details

• Authors: Melinda Thielbar
• Assisted by: Maria Kristina Sb Pantoja (Illustration), Tintin Pantoja (Illustration)
• Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 9
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.2010
• EAN: 9780761352440
• ISBN: 978-0-7613-5244-0
• No. of pages: 48
• Dimensions: 142 mm x 211 mm x 5 mm
• Weight: 91 g
• Series: Manga Math Mysteries (Paperbac; Manga Math Mysteries (Paperbac; Manga Math Mysteries
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire; Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels / General, Children's Books / Ages 9-12 Graphic Novels