num_pages: 73
description: Match Wits With The World's Greatest Boy Sleuth A huge footprint in the soft earth . . . counterfeit money in a bird's nest . . . a threatening letter . . . an exploding toilet . . . a missing silver dollar . . . and a stolen newspaper clipping that could be valuable! These are the only traces left at the scene of ten brain-twisting crimes that Encyclopedia Brown must solve! “I loved Encyclopedia Brown as a kid.”—Junot Diaz, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao 
language: English
title: The Case of the Exploding Plumbing and Other Mysteries
titlecomplete: The Case of the Exploding Plumbing and Other Mysteries (Encyclopedia Brown)
characters: Leroy "Encyclopedia" Brown, Bugs Meany, Sally Kimball
genres: Fiction, Short Stories, Mystery, Juvenile, Mystery Thriller, Young Adult, Chapter Books, Middle Grade, Childrens, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 1177
places: Idaville
series: Encyclopedia Brown
publisher: Scholastic