description: 
  - 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.
  Curious young readers will revel in every eerie detail of award-winning journalist Donna Jackson's lively text and Charlie Fellenbaum's full-color photographs as they discover how these fascinating detectives help the stories behind the bones come to life.

language: English
title: The Bone Detectives: How Forensic Anthropologists Solve Crimes and Uncover Mysteries of the Dead
titlecomplete: The Bone Detectives: How Forensic Anthropologists Solve Crimes and Uncover Mysteries of the Dead
genres: Anthropology, Mystery, Science, Nonfiction, Childrens, Crime, True Crime
ratings_count: 84
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award
publisher: Demco Media