I recently finished Danger Goes Berserk by Mac Barnett. In the book, Steve Brixton suspects a local surf gang called the Berserkers of committing many crimes but the police chief doesn't believe him. Meanwhile, a gang of "pirates" are stealing cargo ships full of Lamborghinis and a sixth grader's gym shorts are disappearing. I really like this book because it is definitely full of a lot of action, suspense, and most of all, mystery. I really like when the end of a chapter is a cliffhanger, and w...

Steve Brixton solves his best case yet in this surfer caper. His chum, Dana, actually begins to take an interest in sleuthing and attempts to solve a parallel case of the missing gym shorts. A great installment in the Brixton Brothers Detective Series. Sometimes, Steve seems to come off as a know-it-all, but in the end, he proves that he is! I enjoyed how the Chief of Police agreed to take Steve's help in solving the missing freighters. I was happy that I figured out a few clues before the clues...

This is the fourth (and currently final book) in the Brixton Brothers series, one I’ve been enjoying immensely for the last few months. I was excited to read this one, especially since I heard it was connected to a case in the previous book. First off, Steve’s dogho--er, office was hilarious. Talk about cramped quarters! The mystery was actually quite complicated, and it was neat to see that fascinating loose thread from the previous book picked up. I enjoyed having Dana on his own side case. So...

I just started reading the book Danger goes Berserk by Mac Barnett. One day Steve Brixton (12 year old supersluth) gets told about a case where someone had their surfboard stolen from a local surf gang called the Berserkers. Not actually knowing how to surf, Steve and his good friend Dana plan to gain the Berserker's trust and retreve the stolen surfboard. I can't really relate to Steve so far because he didn't really plan things out. If I were in this situation I would probably come up with a m...

My sons ages 8 & 10 love this series. My daughter age 12 even enjoyed listening to this book. I love the old fashioned small town feel on the boys’ lives. It’s interesting how adults take them seriously. I can’t imagine my children doing any of the dangerous things Steve and Dana do. The boys are constantly sneaking out at night to investigate and either don’t get caught or when they do they are never reprimanded for it.

I read this without reading the prior books in the series and it worked well as a standalone. I could see 3rd graders and up enjoying this mystery.

My least favorite in the series.

Steve is smart enough to catch robbers but not smart enough to know that double sided pictures don’t exist? Weird. Not the best in the series so far. What happened on a train was better.

Still good, but unfortunately this one made me laugh way less than the others, especially the first two. Fun mystery as always, though.

Steve Brixton and the Brixton Brothers Detective Agency is back! This time with an office! Or at least a giant doghouse turned office that can barely fit two people. But it's still an office! Danimal drops in for another visit as some surfer thugs stole his favorite surfboard. Steve and Dana are on the case, but this time there's also smuggling, pirates, and missing gym shorts involved!Steve continues to be one of the most amusing characters I've read--he is self-assured and confident, even when...

A spoof of the Hardy Boys and similar series, Steve and his "chum", Dana, are back to help solve the mysteries of a stolen surfboard, boat heisters off shore, and missing gym shorts. Like the other three in the series, this one is laugh out loud funny as Steve refers again and again to The Bailey Brothers' Detective Handbook, which is filled with silly advise on disguises, tricks, etc. on catching baddies, as well as the many books of the Bailey Brothers mysteries and brimming with valuable info...

Danger Goes Berserk by Mac Barnett was a good book but not as good as the other books in the series. Steve Brixton is freshly back from retirement and turned the old dog house in the yard into a detective agency. While reading a book from his favorite serious, a man came in to the "office." The man was named Danimal and Steve had met him in the last book, It Happened on a Train. Danimal had a case for Steve about a local surf gang called the Berserkers stealing his board. Although this sounds s

Does the target audience love these books as much as I do? I certainly hope so. A mystery series that's hilarious and exciting, I can't praise these books enough.Only child Steve Brixton (of the Brixton Brothers Detective Agency) is working overtime on two cases (three if you count the missing gym shorts mystery, which Steve isn't counting) - one involving a stolen surfboard and the other involving pirate smugglers.Two hilarious moments (among many others) that can be added to the goofy lore of

3.5 stars — Super funny and entertaining as usual. Made me laugh out loud. The only reason I didn’t give this more stars is that I wished I could have participated in the mysteries more (since there was more than one). There were some clues along the way and the resolution was still good - but my favorite mysteries are those that I can guess along the way.

Love this series! The ending suggests another sequel, where is it??

This was kind of all over the place but not in entirely a bad way

Finished with a big smile on my face.Steve Brixton solves another case ... or two or three. They're all connected in the Bailey Brothers mysteries, so why not in Steve's real life?Someone has stolen surfer dude Danimal's longboard. A black Lamborghini nearly runs Steve and his definitely-not-a-"chum" friend and reluctant associate, Dana, off the road. Pirates are hijacking big ships. And last, but definitely least, someone is stealing Brody Owen's gym shorts. Conducting his investigations from h...

How does a guy getting his surfboard stolen relate to pirates stealing a freighter and sailing it to Mexico? Steve and Dana are on the case to find out if, indeed, there is a connection. And while they're at it, who's stealing Owen Brody's gym shorts? Is there a connection there, too? Another hilarious adventure begins when Steve and Dana try to infiltrate a surfer's gang, The Berserkers, posing as Bull's-eye Tubesnake and his faithful friend, Dana. The leader of this gang, Tremor, seems a littl...

This is a really good series for pre-teen readers. I'm an adult reader and I've really enjoyed this series so far. However, this one was not as good as the others. It was a bit bizarre, especially the fact that the Police Chief relies on a 12 year-old to solve a difficult criminal case and shares details about it with a kid.. 12 year-old detective Steve Brixton constantly refers to his Bailey Brothers books and guides- it's a thinly disguised reference to the Hardy Boys series. In this one he ta...

The setting is California. The characters are as follows: Steve, a 12 year old detective, Dana, Steve's best friend/side kick, and the Berserkers, a local surf gang.In this book Steven and Dana pretend to be prefessional surfers from Hawaii. They try to chase down Lamborghini hungry "pirates". The Berserkers are big hogs. THey won't let anyone surf within a mile of them. The Berserkers go to jail. Steve and Dana find out that the "pirates" aren't real.