The Braxton Brothers #1
"Librarians are the most elite, best trained secret force in the USA. Every librarian is highly trained agent, an expert in intelligence, counter-intelligence, Boolean seraching, and hand-to-hand combat." Librarians are the guardians of knowledge. "Every book published in the US is given a number by the headquarters, aka, the Library of Congress. These number hold encoded inofrmation for operatives at various branches." When Steve Braxton drew the topic "American Needlework" from his teacher's baseball hat and went to the library to begin his research for the paper due Monday, he became embroilled in the hunt for the missing national treasure - the Maguffin Quilt. Begun in 1776 by Betsy Ross, the Maguffin Quilt was embroidered with every major American secret - "how to break into Fort Knox, who shot President Kennedy, the secret recipe for Heinze Ketchup." Steve is a fan of the Bailey Brothers Detective books, including the Handbook, and has read them all 59 of them multiple times. Quotes from the books help him solve a mystery that has the experts baffled. Jon Scieszka said "This is the craziest, funniest book you will read all year." "Full of excitement and danger, of narrow excapes and unexpected twists." (Dave Eggers) Sure to please, reminiscient of the Hardy Boys, great start to a new series.
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