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2 - The Mystery of The Stupendous Star 2
2 - The Mystery of The Stupendous Star 2
The Puzzle Pack solve their first mystery for The Detective!
Why does this strange star keep vanishing?
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Nova was too excited to sleep last night, so she decides to get up extra early today. It’s
Saturday, which means it’s Puzzle Pack day, and she’s hoping that there will be some
new puzzles from The Detective waiting for her and her friends in their clubroom.
She eats her breakfast, gazing out of the window at the twinkling stars. She’s been
learning their names, and she thinks that she knows most of them by now. Stella told
her that on Earth you can only see the stars at night, which Nova thinks is very sad.
She thinks that stars are far too beautiful to not be seen all the time.
Calling goodbye to her family, she leaves her apartment and makes her way to the
Puzzle Pack clubroom. As hoped, there's a new message waiting for her inside...
I've been investigating a strange case this week. A new star has been reported in the sky
over Mars, but it keeps vanishing!
Once it vanishes it's gone for a whole hour, appears again for another hour, then it
disappears again - it's definitely not normal. Also, I've been questioning people about where
this star actually is, but everyone has been telling me completely different things. It seems
to appear all over the sky, never staying in one place for too long!
I've been sent a mysterious clue to help me solve this case, but the clue seems to be
missing some letters. It looks like they are hidden in these four puzzles: I need you to
solve these for me so we can complete the secret sentence and use the clue to crack this
confusing case!
I think we just need to do what we did last time - solve the puzzles
and use them to complete the secret sentence!
Solve all four puzzles and then turn to the 'Solve It!' page to complete the secret sentence.
Good luck puzzlers!
Stella's Sudoku Puzzle 1
4 5 3 2
1 5
2 5 6 4
1 3 5
5
5 3 4 1
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Rocket's Rebus Puzzle 2
AWAY
Answer:
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Nova's Nonogram Puzzle 3
1 1 1
4 1 1 1 2
0 2 1 1 1 4 0
1 1
1 1
Letter:
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Rigel's Riddle Puzzle 4
?
Everyone has one, including you, but you can't touch me.
The older people get, the less people like to talk about me.
What am I?
Hint: The Earth has had an ice, bronze and stone version of me!
I am your:
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Volume 2 Solve it!
N O
1 2
3 4 5 6
Stella's Sudoku The first letter of the number in the grey square needs to go
in boxes 1 and 4.
Rocket's Rebus The first letter of the first word of the answer needs to go in
box 6.
Rigel's Riddle The first letter of the answer needs to go in boxes 2 and 5.
Once you've completed the secret sentence, go to the next page to read the end of the story!
Volume 2 End
Yes Rocket! The clue is right - the star isn't actually a star at all!
Actually, there's only one explanation: it must be a satellite!
Satellites can travel really quickly around a planet, and from far
away it can be hard to tell them apart from stars too!
That would explain why no one can agree on where the star is
either, as the satellite is always moving!
The others watch Nova as she proudly types out the answer and sends the message
back to The Detective. When the friends gently close the clubroom door behind them,
they beam at each other, pleased to have solved one of the universe's many mysteries.
However, as they start to walk home, chatting happily, they don't seem to notice that
someone mysterious is watching them closely from the shadows...
You solved the mystery! See you next week for the next volume of The Puzzle Pack!
Answers Level 2
Stella's Sudoku
Letter: S
Nova's Nonogram
Not a star
(two)
Secret Sentence (running away)
(s)
(age)