MVP #1: The Gold Medal Mess (Most Valuable Players)

DAVID A. KELLY is a former Little League right fielder. These days, he lives fifteen minutes from Fenway Park in Newton, Massachusetts. David has written many sports books for children, including Babe Ruth and the Baseball Curse and the Ballpark Mysteries series. You can learn more about David at davidakelly.com, ballparkmysteries.com, or find him on Twitter at @davidakelly.
From the Trade Paperback edition.

"Lively dialogue, athletic action, and smart thinking among the kidsshould keep interest levels high, and Brundage's black-and-whitecartoons mix playfulness and suspense as they depict various acts ofsabotage, such as an oil-soaked relay race course." - Publishers Weekly

"Along with plenty of sports action andsterling detective work to appreciate, Kelly offers readers a chance to ponderthe contrast between the priorities of the culprit, a multimedalist from theprevious year jealously unwilling to be upstaged, and Nico, who abruptly quitsa race he's about to win when he spots the saboteur at work. A quick set of factsand photos from the official Olympic Games cap this series opener." - Kirkus

"The combination of athletics and mysteries is always a winner, and the friends are a diverse group in terms of race andtalent, who swiftly recognize their potential when working as a team.... Illustrations break up the text, and the book ends with several pages of "MVP Stats"about the Olympics. An energetic series opener." - Booklist Online