The Young, Chemistry-Loving Detective

  

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag and A Red Herring Without Mustard are three of my favorite books. Alan Bradley wrote these books with much flair and he's planning to add three more to the series.

The main character of this series is Flavia de Luce. She is eleven years old and has her very own chemistry laboratory. She investigates using village chit-chat/ gossip and her knowledge of chemistry.

In the first book, Flavia investigates the death of her father's former school chum. In the second, she solves the mystery of a puppeteer who dies of electrocution and in the third book, she investigates who is behind a gypsy's head injury and finds, on the way, that someone else was murdered.

If you don't like murder, I suggest that you don't read this series. Otherwise, get your copies today! And leave a comment if you want to discuss them.

The Hilarious Djinni

   

The Amulet of Samarkand (Book 1), The Golem's Eye (Book 2), and Ptolemy's Gate (Book 3) make up the Bartimaeus Trilogy. The Ring of Solomon is its prequel. These books are written by Jonathan Stroud.

The series is about the adventures of a djinni, Bartimaeus, and his master, Nathaniel. In all of these books, they save the world from one terrible being or another. In The Ring of Solomon, we find Bartimaeus helping another character, Asmira, to assassinate King Solomon and take his ring.

I think Jonathan Stroud writes with a very good style. I finished all four books in a short period of time because Bartimaeus is very funny! I would strongly recommend these books to readers of any age.