Who Cloned the President? (Capital Mysteries Series #1) »

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Early chapter book mystery series set in landmarks of Washington, D.C. from the author of the popular A To Z mystery series.

Children's Literature

KC Corcoran and Marshall Li are best friends, live in the same building in Washington D.C. and are in fifth grade. Both KC and Marshall are given assignments to write reports about Presidents. KC gets the current President, Zachary Thorton, and Marshall gets President Hoover. KC is also a news buff and keeps up to date with current issues, one of which is the President saying no to human cloning. She begins to research different facts about the President and discovers that he is left-handed, along with a couple of other little known tidbits of information. She sees a news clip on television and notices that the President is writing with his right hand, then comes to conclusion that he has been cloned. KC decides she needs to take action with Marshall's help. Together, they create a plan to help save the President by using Marshall's beloved spiders to scare away all of the tourists and hide out in the White House until no one is around. They find the President and discover he really has been cloned and in the end, they save him and are awarded for bravery. Overall, this is a creative and imaginative mystery, yet children need to keep the story in perspective with current events on cloning. This Mile 5chapter book is part of the series "Road to Reading" 2nd and 3rd grade level reading. 2001, Golden Books, $4.99 and $3.99. Ages 6 to 8. Reviewer:Christy Oestriech