The jaguar's jewel

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The jaguar's jewel

Title:

The jaguar's jewel

Alternate title:

A to Z mysteries. Book J

Author:

Roy, Ron, 1940- author.

Gurney, John Steven, 1962- illustrator.

Series:

A to Z mysteries ;

Series Number:

Summary:

Dink and his friends use their detective skills to locate a giant emerald missing from a statue delivered to Uncle Warren's museum in New York City.

Audience:

"Grades 2-4"--Cover p. [4].

General Note:

"A Stepping Stone book."

Physical Description:

86 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Genre:

Detective and mystery fiction.

Geographic Term:

New York (N.Y.) -- Juvenile fiction.

Author(s):

Gurney, John Steven, 1962-

Publisher:

Random House,

Publication Date:

2000

ISBN:

9780679994589

9780679894582

Publication Information:

New York : Random House, 2000.

Call Number:

J ROY A TO Z

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Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose visit New York City! Dink's uncle is the curator of a museum with a dazzling new treasure--a statue of a jaguar cradling an emerald between its front paws. But when it's discovered that the emerald has been replaced with a fake, Dink's uncle is the chief suspect. He'll go to jail if Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose can't uncover the real thief!

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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