(4) 1-3 Cam Jansen Adventure series. Illustrated by Joy Allen. Cam and her best friend Eric are at the airport with Cam's dad to pick up his childhood friend, Spaghetti Max. Meanwhile, they also look for a lost little girl. Can Cam's photographic memory help find the girl and Spaghetti Max in the bustling airport? The standard mystery, illustrated with black-and-white drawings, fits in with the rest of the long-running series.

Reviewer: Kari Allen

(3) 1-3 Cam Jansen Adventure series. Illustrated by Joy Allen. At a fundraiser for a new firehouse, a guest nabs the hostess's pearl necklace during an elevator ride. Per usual, girl detective Cam Jansen draws on her photographic memory and quick thinking to find the thief. Not-so-usual is the book's interesting back story about Cam's memory skills as a toddler. Black-and-white illustrations show Cam on the case, sporting a cute plastic fire hat.

Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger

(3) 1-3 Cam Jansen Adventure series. Illustrated by Joy Allen. Even non-Cam-fans may be lured by the delectable-looking wedding cake on the cover of this volume. Meanwhile, her many followers will be happy to go along while Cam collects clues and solves the case of the missing sweet using her--"click"--photographic memory. Energetic dialogue and clear black-and-white drawings will engage readers as the caper unfolds.

Reviewer: Sarah Novogrodsky

(4) 1-3 Cam Jansen Adventure series. Illustrated by Joy Allen. On Green Day, a thief substitutes bricks for the many rolls of nickels that Cam and her schoolmates raised by recycling cans and bottles. With her trademark "Click!" the super-sleuth calls her photographic memory into action and unmasks the robber. Silly jokes and facts about "going green" round out the routine mystery. Black-and-white illustrations accompany each chapter.

Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger

(4) 1-3 Cam Jansen Adventure series. Illustrated by Joy Allen. When two cars are stolen from the school parking lot during the book fair, Cam's favorite author takes a break from signing books to crack the case. Will the girl with the super-duper memory beat him to the punch? The mystery is humdrum, but the visiting writer spices things up by taking credit for Cam's work. Black-and-white illustrations support the text.

Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger

(4) 1-3 Cam Jansen Adventure series. Illustrated by Joy Allen. It's the first day of camp, and Cam already has a mystery on her hands: who set up a fake lockbox to steal campers' snack money? As usual, the girl detective relies on her photographic memory and deductive reasoning to crack the case; two more mysteries follow. It's standard Cam fare, but her fans will be thrilled with this extra-long volume.

Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger

(4) 1-3 Cam Jansen Adventure series. Illustrated by Susanna Natti. When Governor (and presidential candidate) Zellner arrives to dedicate the new school library, thieves simulate a gunshot sound to disrupt the program and steal the library benefactor's pearl necklace. Cam beats Zellner's Secret Service agents to the punch--solving the case with her super memory and help from class clown Danny. It's boilerplate fare, but Cam's fans will gobble it up.

Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger

(4) 1-3 Cam Jansen Adventure series. Illustrated by Susanna Natti. Girl detective Cam Jansen calls upon her photographic memory yet again. This time, she and sidekick Eric are on the trail of two computer thieves. The mystery itself is run-of-the-mill, but Danny, an annoying class clown, tags along on the case, cracking bad jokes that will resonate with the elementary-school crowd. Black-and-white illustrations accompany the chapters.

Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger

(4) 1-3 Cam Jansen Adventure series. Illustrated by Susanna Natti. There is an awful smell coming from the gym teacher's office, and a prize tennis trophy is missing from a locked cabinet. Cam Jansen sets out to solve these mysteries, armed with her photographic memory. Black-and-white drawings complement this mildly entertaining adventure, the twenty-third in the popular series.

Reviewer: Karyn Ginsburg

(4) 1-3 Cam Jansen Adventure series. Illustrated by Susanna Natti. It's the first day of school, and Cam Jansen, the girl detective with the photographic memory, lands in the principal's office for passing notes. But it's all in the name of good detective work, as the fifth-grader rushes to exonerate her new teacher, who's suspected of leaving the scene of an accident. A loudmouth classmate injects some mild humor into this tame mystery, which is illustrated with black-and-white drawings.

Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger

(4) 1-3 Cam Jansen Adventure series. Illustrated by Susanna Natti. Cam, the young detective with the photographic memory, has to find the thief who stole the ticket money from the school play. When the culprit is caught, he learns his lesson by being forced to watch a scene from the play about "Honest Abe" before the police take him off to the station house. Illustrated with black-and-white drawings, this is a predictable yet satisfying story for young mystery readers.

Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt

(3) 1-3 Cam Jansen Adventure series. Illustrated by Susanna Natti. After her grandma and grandpa are robbed in an airport parking lot, Cam Jansen uses her photographic memory to track down the thief and recover her grandparents' luggage and birthday presents. Adler sticks to his tried-and-true formula, providing just enough clues for sharp readers to keep up with Cam. Black-and-white illustrations accompany the chapter-book mystery.

Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger

(3) 1-3 Cam Jansen Adventure series. Illustrated by Susanna Natti. Each volume contains two previously published Cam Jansen stories bound together. These formulaic, mild mysteries describe how Cam and her friend Eric solve problems using moxie and Cam's never-fail photographic memory. Early chapter-book readers may appreciate the stories, which are illustrated with black-and-white line drawings.

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta

(3) 1-3 Cam Jansen Adventure series. Illustrated by Susanna Natti. Each volume contains two previously published Cam Jansen stories bound together. These formulaic, mild mysteries describe how Cam and her friend Eric solve problems using moxie and Cam's never-fail photographic memory. Early chapter-book readers may appreciate the stories, which are illustrated with black-and-white line drawings.

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta