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Horizontal Man: Finnegan Zwake #1
Contributor(s): Dahl, Michael (Author)
ISBN: 1416986685     ISBN-13: 9781416986683
Publisher: Simon Pulse
OUR PRICE:   $9.49  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: October 2008
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Annotation: A 13-year-old boy and his mystery-writer uncle are featured in this first of three suspense novels that revolve around adventures in exotic locales. Finnegan is staying with his uncle, hoping his parents will return from Ireland, where they disappeared several years ago during an archaeological expedition. When the boy discovers a body in his basement, he and his uncle end up searching for missing Mayan gold artifacts.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories
- Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General
- Juvenile Fiction | Boys & Men
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2002553869
Lexile Measure: 590
Series: Finnegan Zwake Mysteries (Paperback)
Physical Information: 0.49" H x 5" W x 8" (0.40 lbs) 192 pages
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 41253
Reading Level: 4.6   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 7.0
 
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I DON'T KNOW WHY I FELT SICK. I MEAN, YES, IT WAS THE FIRST DEAD BODY I EVER SAW. BUT I SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE COMFORTABLE. AFTER ALL, MY WHOLE FAMILY LIKES DEAD THINGS....
Thirteen-year-old Finnegan Zwake is staying with his Uncle Stoppard, a bestselling mystery writer, and still hoping his parents will return from an archaeological expedition in Iceland. They disappeared there several years ago.
Life with his uncle is fairly normal -- until the day Finn discovers a body in the basement. A dead body. It's in the storage area where Finn's parents left behind gold treasure from their last expedition. And missing from the storage space is a magnificent Mayan gold figure, the Horizontal Man....

Contributor Bio(s): Dahl, Michael: - Michael Dahl, the author of more than a dozen non?ction books, has also published poetry and plays. The Viking Claw is Dahl's fourth Finnegan Zwake mystery. The earlier titles in the series are The Horizontal Man, The Worm Tunnel, and The Ruby Raven. Dahl is also the author of Scooter Spies, a series of mysteries for younger readers, whose titles include The Wheels That Vanished and The Ghost That Barked. A theater director, actor, and comedian in Minneapolis, Dahl has a wide variety of unusual creatures in his household: Venus's-?ytraps, ?ddler crabs, African dwarf frogs, an elementary school teacher, and an Australian red-heeler named Gus. He can be e-mailed at ?nnswake@aol.com.