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The Unknowns by Benedict Carey, ISBN , Compare new and used books prices among online bookstores. Find the lowest price. Island of the Unknowns: A Mystery by Carey, Benedict and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at www.doorway.ru  · Benedict Carey, a New York Times science section writer, was a math and physics major in college. Hoping to ignite a passion for math in his own kids, he has crafted a smart and action-packed story for middle-grade readers that uses math lessons to solve the mystery/5(21).

In How We Learn, Benedict Carey shows us how to exploit its quirks to our advantage. How We Learn makes for a welcome rejoinder to the faddish notion that learning is all about the hours put in. Learners, [Benedict] Carey reminds us, are not automatons. When people start vanishing from a godforsaken trailer park next to the Folsom Energy Plant, two eleven-year-olds investigate using mathematical clues that were hastily planted by their friend Mrs. Clarke before she disappeared. THE UNKNOWNS. by Benedict Carey ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 1, Carey's debut is a brainteaser of a mystery full of quirky characters. Di and Tom are plucky outsiders with low self-esteem and overactive imaginations.

The Unknowns: A Math Mystery by Benedict Carey Overview - In a trailer park called Adjacent, next to the Folsom Energy Plant, people have started to vanish, and no one seems to care. This gripping mystery, spiked with math clues, follows quirky outcasts Lady Di and Tom Jones as they try to save their woebegone island community. In their trailer park next to the Folsom Energy Plant, people have started to vanish, and no one seems to care. At first the kids barely notice the disappearances themselves—until their beloved math tutor, Mrs. Clarke, is abducted too. Mrs. Clarke has left them clues to her whereabouts in the form of equations that lead them all over the trailer. Island of the Unknowns by Benedict Carey, an award winning Science Journalist for the New York Times, is just like it sounds: a mystery. Even better, this mystery weaves mathematics throughout and is an engaging read for grades !.