MathFiction: Night of the Frightening Fractions (Robert Black)

a list compiled by Alex Kasman (College of Charleston)

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Night of the Frightening Fractions (2015)

Robert Black
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In this sequel to Night of the Paranormal Patterns, teenager Lennie Miller continues to solve mathematical problems to save her town from ghosts and zombies.

I haven't read this young adult novel. I hope to get a chance to do so someday and will post more information here if I do. Or, if you have read it, please write to let me know what you thought of it, and I'll post your review here!

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Works Similar to Night of the Frightening Fractions

According to my `secret formula', the following works of mathematical fiction are similar to this one:

Night of the Eerie Equations by Robert Black
Night of the Paranormal Patterns by Robert Black
Harvey Plotter and the Circle of Irrationality by Nathan Carter / Dan Kalman
The Magic Two-Horn by Sergey Pavlovich Bobrov
The Number Devil [Der Zahlenteufel] by Hans Magnus Enzensberger
Lost in Lexicon: An Adventure in Words and Numbers by Pendred Noyce
Three Days in Karlikania by Vladimir Levshin
Quaternia by Tom Petsinis
In Search of the Shortest Way [Das Geheimnis des kürzesten Weges] by Peter Gritzmann
Lost in the Math Museum by Colin Adams

Ratings for Night of the Frightening Fractions:

Ratings

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Mathematical Content:
5/5 (1 votes)

Literary Quality:
2/5 (1 votes)

Categories:

Genre	Fantasy, Didactic, Young Adult,
Motif	Female Mathematicians,
Topic	Algebra/Arithmetic/Number Theory, Real Mathematics,
Medium	Novels,

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