Kjartan Poskitt

This book takes you on a journey to save professor function from a kidnapping and in order to save him you have to solve math puzzles and learn about middle school level mathematics. The book is designed like a comic book, and you must turn to the page with the answer that you agree with because of this you could end up seeing that there were two different outcomes based on your answer to the question. I would recommend this book to students in the middle grades looking to improve or test their math skills in a fun way.… (more)

I did a whole report over this book and overall I loved it. It involves going through a mystery and solving math equations. The book does have a different format than a traditional book. It also does take a good chunk of time to go through. So that way kids can’t finish it super fast and be bored. The math in the book goes from simple to difficult so it does range in difficulty. I think this is a very good middle school book to help keep distracted kids busy. The illustrations are also fun to look at as well.… (more)