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The 100-Year-Old Secret: The Sherlock Files #1
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The 100-Year-Old Secret: The Sherlock Files #1
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The 100-Year-Old Secret: The Sherlock Files #1
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The 100-Year-Old Secret: The Sherlock Files #1

Written by Tracy Barrett

Narrated by David Pittu

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

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Go to The Dancing Men and ask for a saucer of milk for your snake. Then all will be revealed.

That's all the note says-before the ink disappears! Xena and Xander Holmes think living in London will be boring. But when they discover they're related to Sherlock Holmes and inherit his unsolved casebook, life becomes much more exciting.

The siblings set out to solve the cases their famous ancestor couldn't, starting with the mystery of a prized painting that vanished a hundred years ago. Can two smart twenty-first-century kids succeed where the celebrated Sherlock Holmes could not?

LanguageEnglish
Release dateJun 10, 2008
ISBN9780739367629
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The 100-Year-Old Secret: The Sherlock Files #1
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Tracy Barrett

Tracy Barrett writes both fiction and nonfiction set in the ancient and medieval past, as well as contemporary novels, for middle-grade and young-adult audiences. Her titles include the popular Sherlock Files series, as well as the award-winning Anna of Byzantium, Dark of the Moon (starred review, Kirkus), King of Ithaka (starred review, SLJ), and others. She loves traveling, and speaking to groups of students, teachers, and librarians.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This is a nice brother-sister mystery series. Barrett sets the stories in London, and notes cultural aspects that will benefit American children.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This will be a good series. Mysteries set in England with good characters in a realistic story. Pleasant change from some other mysteries.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    When Xander and Xena's family relocates to London, these siblings discover that they are direct descendents of Sherlock Holmes. They are inducted into a secret society and entrusted with a notebook containing Holmes' unsolved cases . . . some of which have tantalizing clues that might lead to solutions, even after so many years!Sherlock Holmes, always relatively popular, has seen a resurgence in popularity over the past few years, what with the movies and the TV series and all. I can think of at least three children's mystery book series that are in some way related to Holmes. I have to admit that, while I have enjoyed some of the original Holmes stories and some of the recent adaptations, I'm not an expert on Holmes trivia, so I won't comment too much on that aspect of this story. The Holmes angle in this book mostly serves to tie together a possible series, rather than playing directly into the details of this particular story.In general, the writing in this story was good. The plot was strong, with enough clues and red herrings to make things interesting. Xena and Xander are not particularly memorable characters, but they are fine for a plot-driven mystery. The things that the siblings encounter, and the actions that they take to uncover clues, are believable -- they are things that kids could conceivably accomplish. I don't feel any compulsion to read more books in this series. However, I will certainly keep this book in mind for when kids come into the library looking for mysteries.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Xander and Xena are getting used to their move to London when they are contacted by a very mysterious man with very mysterious note. Through the note and it's clues they become a part of a secret society and find out they are the descendents of Sherlock Holmes. Along with this information comes Sherlock's unsolved case file. The two siblings set out to solve the mystery of a missing painting, hoping to do so before an upcoming art show. This book is quick and clever and gives the reader enough clues throughout to either solve the mystery before Xena and Xander or understand their thought process as they solve it.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Xander and Xena are sister and brother who have just moved to London from america and are very confused when they get that note from the mysterious man. But all is revealed very soon. It turns out that Xander and Xena are related to one very famous detective...  
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Pre-teen Xena and Xander Holmes move to London from the States. After discovering that they are descendants of the famous detective, they set out to solve one of his unsolved cases, the mystery of the missing painting. The story moves quickly, the characters are believable, and there are plenty of clues to follow along the way. This is the first book in the Sherlock Files series.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    This was a juvenile audio download from the library but I couldn't resist the title. Preteen brother and sister are distant relatives of Sherlock Holmes and set out to solve the case of the missing "Girl in Purple Hat" portrait that supposedly stumped the great Holmes. Lots of educational cultural references in this book.