The runaway racehorse

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Title:

The runaway racehorse

Alternate title:

A to Z mysteries. Book R

Author:

Roy, Ron, 1940- author.

Gurney, John Steven, 1962-

Series:

A to Z mysteries ;

Series Number:

Summary:

Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose investigate the disappearance of a valuable racehorse that Dink's uncle and his friend, Forest Evans, have just bought and entered into a race at Saratoga.

Audience:

Reading level: 2.5.

Age level: 6-9.

General Note:

"A stepping stone book."

Physical Description:

84 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Genre:

Detective and mystery fiction.

Subject Term:

Race horses -- Juvenile fiction.

Horses -- Juvenile fiction.

Geographic Term:

Larchmont (N.Y.) -- Juvenile fiction.

New York -- Juvenile fiction.

Author(s):

Gurney, John Steven, 1962-

Publisher:

Random House,

Publication Date:

2002

ISBN:

9780375813672

Publication Information:

New York : Random House, 2002.

Call Number:

J ROY A TO Z

Holds: Copies:

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33607003293159	Juvenile Fiction	ROY A TO Z	Searching... Unknown	Searching... Unavailable

Help Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose solve mysteries from A to Z!

Kids love collecting the entire alphabet and super editions! With over 8 million copies in print, the A to Z Mysteries have been hooking chapter book readers on mysteries and reading for years. Now this classic kid favorite is back with a bright new look!

R is for Racehorse . . . And they're off! The kids can't wait to see Uncle Warren's racehorse Whirlaway's big event. But then the horse disappears. He shows up the next day, just in time to lose the race. Why is Whirlaway suddenly so slow? Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are on the case!

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)

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