Trapped! (Framed! #3)

by James Ponti (Author)

Reading Level: 4th − 5th Grade
Series: Framed!

"A top-shelf test of courage, friendship, and ingenuity." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Florian Bates--the only kid on the FBI Director's speed dial and several international criminals' most wanted lists--must save his friend from being framed for a crime he didn't commit in this hilarious third novel in the Framed! series.

Middle school is hard. Solving cases for the FBI is even harder. Doing both at the same time, well that's just crazy. But that doesn't stop Florian Bates! Along with his best friend, and Watson to his Sherlock, Margaret, Florian's making the case that kids can do anything.

When Florian and Margaret's FBI supervisor, Marcus Rivers, is accused of a crime, it's up to this mystery solving duo to jump into action and clear his name, because Marcus is more than their boss--he's family.

The case involves one of Marcus's first investigations for the FBI and a Russian spy ring. However, when the spy they are chasing learns what they're up to, the tables are turned, and Marcus finds himself implicated in a variety of crimes, including theft, corruption, and espionage. For Florian and Margaret, it just got personal. They're going to catch the spy and clear Marcus's name...even if they have to break into (and out of) the Library of Congress to do it.

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Kirkus

Starred Review
Seventh-grade sleuths visit their local libraries and unmask a Russian spy ring. The pleasures of watching the young sherlocks once again deduce rings around the grown-ups (using a technique they call TOAST, for "Theory of All Small Things") are just as rich in this trilogy closer as they were in Volume 1. A top-shelf test of courage, friendship, and ingenuity.

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James Ponti
James Ponti is the New York Times bestselling author of three middle grade book series: the all-new City Spies, about an unlikely squad of five kids from around the world who form an elite MI6 Spy Team; the Edgar Award-winning Framed! series, about a pair of tweens who solve mysteries in Washington, DC; and the Dead City trilogy, about a secret society that polices the undead living beneath Manhattan. His books have appeared on more than fifteen different state award lists and he is the founder of a writers group known as the Renegades of Middle Grade. James is also an Emmy-nominated television writer and producer who has worked for many networks including Nickelodeon, Disney Channel, PBS, History, and Spike TV, as well as NBC Sports. He lives with his family in Orlando, Florida. Find out more at JamesPonti.com.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781534408920
Lexile Measure
680
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Publication date
September 10, 2019
Series
Framed!
BISAC categories
JUV019000 - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
JUV001000 - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure
JUV028000 - Juvenile Fiction | Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories
Library of Congress categories
Friendship
United States
Mystery and detective stories
JUVENILE FICTION / Mysteries & Detective Stor
JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / Gener
Spy stories
Spies
Washington (D.C.)
JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories
Library of Congress

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