Years later, Marco became a teacher himself. On the first day of school, he placed a worn copy of The Absent Author on his desk. A student raised a hand. “What’s that book?”
And Marco did. He devoured The Bald Bandit , The Canary Caper , all the way to The Zombie Zone . Reading wasn’t a chore anymore. It was a detective game. a-z mysteries author
Marco held it up. “This,” he said, “is the book that taught me that reading is a mystery worth solving.” Years later, Marco became a teacher himself
“Who writes these?” he asked.
Marco groaned. But by chapter two, he was hooked. Someone had kidnapped a famous mystery writer named Wallis Wallace. The kids were solving it themselves. By the end of the book, Marco had finished his first-ever chapter book in two days. “What’s that book