A to Z mysteries. Super edition # 9, April Fools' fiasco

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Title:

A to Z mysteries. Super edition # 9, April Fools' fiasco

Alternate title:

April Fools' fiasco

Author:

Roy, Ron, 1940- author.

Gurney, John Steven, 1962- illustrator.

Series:

A to Z mysteries.

Super edition ;

Series Number:

Summary:

"Mr. Paskey, owner of the Book Nook, plays an April Fools' Day prank on Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose. They hatch a plan to get back at him, but then the bookstore is robbed--no joke! Can the kids track down the crook? Or will this April Fools' be an April fail?"-- Provided by publisher.

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

128 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.

Genre:

Detective and mystery fiction.

Subject Term:

Bookstores -- Juvenile fiction.

Robbers and outlaws -- Juvenile fiction.

April Fool's Day -- Juvenile fiction.

Author(s):

Gurney, John Steven, 1962-

Publisher:

Random House,

Publication Date:

2017

ISBN:

9780399551956

9780399551963

Publication Information:

New York : Random House, [2017]

Call Number:

J ROY A TO Z

Holds: Copies:

Available:*

Item Barcode	Collection	Call Number	Copy	Status	Item Holds
33607003217257	Juvenile Fiction	ROY A TO Z	Super # 9	Searching... Unknown	Searching... Unavailable

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Summary

Celebrate 20 years of A to Z Mysteries! No foolin'!

It's the first of April in Green Lawn! Mr. Paskey, owner of the Book Nook, plays an April Fools' Day prank on Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose. They hatch a plan to get back at him, but then the bookstore is robbed-no joke! Can the kids track down the crook? Or will this April Fools' be an April fail ?

The alphabet may be over, but the mysteries continue in this ninth A to Z Mysteries Super Edition, featuring a 26-letter secret message hidden in the illustrations.

Author Notes

Ron Roy was born in Hartford, Connecticut on April 29, 1940. After high school, he joined the Navy for two years. He received a Bachelor's degree in literature from the University of Connecticut and a Masters degree in teaching from the University of Hartford. He was an elementary school teacher for numerous years.

His first children's book, A Thousand Pails of Water, was published in 1978. Soon afterwards, he stopped teaching and became a full-time writer, but he still visits schools around the country. He is the author of the A to Z Mysteries series, the Capital Mysteries series, and the Calendar Mysteries series.

(Bowker Author Biography)