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The Ear, the Eye and the Arm (Firebird)
 

The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm (Firebird)

by Nancy Farmer

In Zimbabwe in the year 2194, General Matsika calls in Africa's most unusual detectives--the Ear, the Eye, and the Arm--to find his missing children. By the author of Do You Know Me. Reprint. K. AB. (read review)

Top tags: science fiction,  africa,  young adult,  fantasy,  childrens literature (all tags)

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Ali W
  • Rated 4 stars

“This unique science-fiction detective book is a wonderful component to a classroom library. The plot of this book follows three super-powered investigators (the Ear, the Eye and the Arm) as they attempt to rescue Zimbabwe’s chief of security’s three kidnapped children. The search takes the detective to the unique Zimbabwean underworld where they encounter villains such as Knife, Fist, Blue Monkey, She Elephant and the Masks. The fantastic locations and abilities in this book make it truly...”

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JOE M
  • Rated 2 stars

“I dont know how this book won an award...It was too much for me to read it...I was counting the minutes until I was through with this garbarge.”

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  • Rated 4.027778 stars
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  • Rated 4.5 stars
  

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  • Linda K

    linda k said:

    “I have just begun to read this book again for about the third time, but I can tell you that it is one of my favorites (yeah, really). I love to read science fiction because I am intrigued by how the authors think the future might be or how they creatively envision a different life than what we live now.

    This particular book has three detectives, the Ear, the Eye, and the Arm, people who have been genetically transformed during pregnancy by environmental influences, to find three kidnapped children of a famous or infamous police commissioner. The travels of the these three detectives is amazing as they search in different areas of the city to find them, always just a few minutes behind the children.”

    posted 3 weeks ago ( | view 1 reply )
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