Cam Jansen and the Birthday Mystery

Written by David A. Adler

Narrated by Christina Moore

Cam Jansen's plans for her parents' surprise birthday party work out perfectly. Unfortunately, the party is interrupted by news that Cam's grandparents have been robbed in the parking lot at the airport. Cam and her parents rush to help them. David A. Adler's Cam Jansen series challenges young readers to solve the crime. For more of Cam's adventures, look for Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Dinosaur Bones.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
• Release date: Mar 16, 2021
• ISBN: 9781980098195

David A. Adler

DAVID ADLER has written more than a hundred books, including Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man and Mama Played Baseball. He lives on Long Island, New York. 

Reviews for Cam Jansen and the Birthday Mystery

[abigailadams26 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Fifth-grade sleuth Cam Jansen plans a surprise birthday party for her parents, whose birthdays are days apart, but finds herself once again involved in a mystery when her grandparents, in town to attend the party, are robbed at the airport. Will Cam's photographic memory save the day, and help her to find the stolen luggage and presents...?The twentieth entry in David A. Adler's series of beginning chapter-books about Cam Jansen's crime-solving adventures, Cam Jansen and the Birthday Mystery was first published in 2000, some twenty years after the first entry in the series, Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Stolen Diamonds. Like its predecessors, it is fairly formulaic - a theft occurs, and Cam swings into action, with the help of her amazing memory and her best friend, Eric - but then, that is often a characteristic of series fiction for this age. I enjoyed many of the earlier Cam Jansen books when I was young, but this one was published well after I was past that stage. Recommended to fans of the series, and to beginning chapter-book readers who enjoy mystery.

[megmcg624 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Cam, the girl detective with a photographic memory, has an airport adventure after her grandparents are robbed in the parking lot during her parents' joint birthday party.This mystery is serviceable but not particularly exciting. Every single event of the afternoon (the case is solved within a few hours) is described in minute detail. For instance, when the characters cross the street, the function of the walk sign is explained. This makes the pace somewhat slow, especially in audiobook form, but second graders who love mysteries will still like Cam Jansen's birthday mystery.