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Author:
Roy, Ron
Illustrator:
Gurney, John Steven
Series:
A to Z Mystery
Published:
Random House Children's Books 2009
Format:
Kindle Book, OverDrive Read
Lexile measure:
510L
Status:
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Description

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!
 
A is for Author . . . A famous writer is coming to Green Lawn! Dink rushes to the bookstore to meet his favorite author, Wallis Wallace, and get all his books signed. But the author never shows up! Where is Wallis Wallace? It’s up to Dink and his friends Josh and Ruth Rose to track him down.

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Juvenile Fiction
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Street Date:
07/01/2009
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780307510129
ASIN:
B002GKGBBE
Accelerated Reader:
LG
Level 3.4, 1 Points
Lexile measure:
510

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Ron Roy. (2009). The Absent Author. Random House Children's Books.

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Ron Roy. 2009. The Absent Author. Random House Children's Books.

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Ron Roy, The Absent Author. Random House Children's Books, 2009.

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Ron Roy. The Absent Author. Random House Children's Books, 2009.

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A is for Author . . . A famous writer is coming to Green Lawn! Dink rushes to the bookstore to meet his favorite author, Wallis Wallace, and get all his books signed. But the author never shows up! Where is Wallis Wallace? It’s up to Dink and his friends Josh and Ruth Rose to track him down.

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