series for 8-12 year olds that uses real forensics to solve fictional mysteries.

Josh Jamieson, Hannah's rock star idol, is in town. But as Zac and Hannah emerge from his packed concert, they discover that there's been an explosion at the Central Bank next door. And ten million dollars is missing!

Two child detectives (11-year-old Zac and Hannah) lead the reader through the clues and help them piece together all the forensic science methods used, such as DNA fingerprint plotting; tracking where your money goes, and where it has been, using the Money Tracker website; explosive residue analysis; following footprints (even toe prints) to calculate the weight, height and gender of a suspect; acoustic analysis of a rock song; forensic odontology (the examination of evidence left by teeth); using ultraviolet and infrared radiation to read burnt documents; and QEMSCAN – a scanning electron microscope that is used to analyse ancient treasures.

Each chapter will present a new piece of the mystery and accompanying forensic clues, which are explained in more detail in breakout boxes.

Author Information: HOLPER AND TOROK

Paul Holper works for CSIRO in Melbourne. He appears regularly in the media describing Australia's latest scientific advances and has written numerous newspaper and magazine articles as well as five science textbooks. Before joining CSIRO, Paul taught secondary school chemistry and science. Simon Torok works in communication and marketing for CSIRO. He has worked as editor of CSIRO's Helix magazine, performed with the ANU/Questacon Science Circus, and been a climate communicator in the United Kingdom. Simon has done science talkback on radio and has published dozens of articles. Paul and Simon are the authors of the Amazing Science series, and many other non-fiction titles for children.

ISBN: 9780330423380
Binding: Paperback
Category: Children's: General Fiction
Pages: 80 page/s