 
Bonnie Pinkwater is a teacher and a good one. She cares about her
students. So when Peyton Newlin, a thirteen-year old math genius,
disappears, Bonnie decides to nose around.
One by one, students who were competing with the young genius start
turning up dead and Bonnie suspects Peyton may be narrowing the field.
Then Peyton himself is murdered. Bonnie's investigation ratchets
up.
What she discovers is a coven of witches, a teenage comic book magnate,
a skinhead neanderthal with violent propensities, an abusive father, an
amorous science teacher, and a mistranslated medieval mathematics manuscript.
Somehow, all the pieces have intersected in the tragically brief life of
her math protege.
As the body count mounts, Bonnie realizes she may have bitten off more
than she can chew. Because whoever is eliminating her beloved students
has now decided East Plains, Colorado would be better off without one aging
math teacher.
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"The Witch of Agnesi is a terrific teenage amateur
sleuth starring a likable pairing...cleverly devised and filled with twists
and red herrings as Robert Spiller keeps his audience alert at all times
as he shrewdly spills clues with multiple possibilities. Young adult readers
will enjoy this wonderful middle school mystery."
Harriet Klausner: Amazon's #1 Reviewer
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"Bonnie Pinkwater is a teacher who rules! The Witch of Agnesi will appeal to
everyone who has - or ever had - a cool teacher, a high school rival, or an
interest in math. It's the Magic School meets Numbers from the moment Peyton
Newlin goes missing to the ultimate climax, and keeps you reading under the
covers with a flashlight all the way to the grand finale. It's a great
read."
Christine Goff, Author of Death Shoots a Birdie |
"...an excellent read...The Witch of Agnesi is
an exercise in
willful misdirection that Mr. Spiller is a master of. "
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August 2006 from Medallion Press
ISBN#1932815724
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