The Bone Detectives
- ALA Best Book - IRA Teachers Choice - Publishers Weekly, starred review - School Library Journal, starred review - New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing It's said that "dead men tell no tales" yet their bones have some interesting stories to reveal. That's what police depend on when the only clues to a crime are the bones of the victim. Then it's time to call in the "bone detectives". Following forensic anthropologist Dr. Michael Charney step-by-step through an investigation, this book shows how a person's sex, race, age, height, and weight can be determined from studying his or her bones and teeth; how markings on bones can be "read" to establish cause of death; how a sculptor uses clay to reconstruct a face from a skull so it can be publicized in the media and possibly recognized; and how all of this information can be used to help crack a case.