The Mystery Club: The Case of the Missing Coins
The Mystery Club: The Case of the Missing Coins
Yew · Topic link: Roman Britain, museums and coins
Forty-seven Roman gold coins vanish from Willowbrook Museum in the middle of a school trip and the police blame Mrs Chen.
Maya, Leo, Nisha and Toby know their teacher is innocent. With a broken case, a hidden hatch and a muddy boot print, the Mystery Club set out to prove it.
One day before the auction, they follow the curator to a warehouse on the edge of town and find the coins. A chase, a ruined sketchbook, a scratched X and a dash to the airport: can four friends save the hoard and clear Mrs Chen’s name before noon?
Inside: six episodes in two classroom books, anchor passages with phrase markings, syllable stacks and ROOTS vocabulary, Celebration Read scripts and a coach card for the adult. Book 1 (Episodes 1–3, ISBN 978-1-995779-10-2, 4,959 words); Book 2 (Episodes 4–6, ISBN 978-1-995779-11-9, 5,217 words).
How the packs work
- Classroom book: three episodes in each volume, the book the class reads from in lessons.
- Episode booklet: each episode as its own booklet to take home, with the same pages and page numbers as the classroom book.
- Any book as 1 copy, 10 copies or a class pack of 30.
- Full set: both classroom books (Episodes 1–3 and 4–6) and every episode booklet, 10 or 30 of each.
- Booklets 1–3 set or Booklets 4–6 set: one of each booklet, for home.
Delivery: printed in the UK and usually with you in 7–10 working days. Free UK delivery on orders of £14.99 or more, including every pack; £3.95 on smaller orders. Ordering for a school? Pay by pro-forma invoice with your PO number.
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How the book works
Every chapter follows the same pattern, so children soon know where everything is. All they need is in the one book, so nothing is handed out mid-lesson.
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1Words first
Each chapter opens with its own word page. Syllable Stacks build the long words a syllable at a time. The ROOTS word is one rich word with its line from the story. Words this chapter gives each new word a short meaning. A star marks a word that doesn’t sound the way it looks.
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2The story
The chapter itself, fully illustrated. One passage sits in a tinted panel marked with an anchor: the Anchor Passage the class practises.
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3The practice page
At the back, the Anchor Passage again, cued in phrases. A slash is a short pause; two slashes are a full stop. The marks never appear in the story.
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4The Celebration Read
A script for each episode, made from its Anchor Passages, with a scene for each chapter. Children perform it in parts; the names in the margin show who speaks.
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5The coach card
Inside the back cover, so it can’t be lost. Partners coach each other: one glow, one grow, read it again.
Pages shown from The Mystery Club: The Case of the Missing Coins. Each episode booklet for home has the same pages and the same page numbers as the classroom book.