Fifth-grade sleuth Cam Jansen and her best friend Eric Shelton accompany Cam's father to the airport in this thirty-third entry in David A. Adler's beginning chapter-book series devoted to their mystery-solving adventures. Intending to meet Mr. Jansen's childhood friend, coming to town for a visit, the group gets caught up helping a stranger find his missing five-year-old daughter, while also looking for their own guest...

Unlike in so many of its predecessors, solving the central puzzle in Cam Jansen and the Spaghetti Max Mystery - namely: where is little Karen Kramer? - relies less on Cam's photographic memory, than it does on the use of logic, and on Cam's own childhood experiences. Specifically, the idea that one sees what one wants to see, when just learning to read, and that young children will often only bother to decode the first few letters of a word, before thinking they know what it is. This was an engaging entry in the series, and addresses a situation, in the form of a lost child, not seen before in the series. This is probably a parents' worst nightmare, but young readers will undoubtedly find it engrossing. Recommended to fans of the Cam Jansen books, and to beginning chapter-book readers who enjoy mystery. ( )

This book is one the newer additions to Cam Jensen Series. Cam always uses her amazing memory to try and solve fun mysteries. When she goes with her father and friend to the airport to meet a family friend, a desperate man asks for help finding his daughter, who is only five. This means that it's time for Cam to use her amazing memory. I enjoyed reading this book because Cam uses great detective skills to help find this man's daughter. A book that can teach students a little bit about kindness and helping others. This was a cute and easy read. ( )

Cam Jansen is going to the airport to pick up her father’s best friend named Spaghetti Max. While they are waiting for him a man losses his daughter. But thankfully Jansen is there to solve the mystery of where the little girl is. This was a very entertaining story about solving a mystery and you also get to learn about Jansen’s photographic memory and how that helped her solve the mystery. ( )