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Encyclopedia Brown: Boy Detective (Books 1-4)

by Donald J. Sobol · 1963

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Encyclopedia Brown has found a home at Puffin, and we're celebrating his arrival with a boxed set! Just in time for the holidays, this set contains the first four books in the classic Encyclopedia Brown series. Whether Encyclopedia Brown is solving cases for his neighborhood friends or his chief-of-police dad, he always has an intriguing mystery to crack.

Genre
mysterymysteryMore like thisLess of thisdetectivedetectiveMore like thisLess of this
Themes
childhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1960s1960sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrensyoung adult

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