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    Fraud Squad
    Fraud Squad
    Fraud Squad
    Ebook69 pages53 minutes

    Fraud Squad

    By Michele Martin Bossley

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    When Trevor, Nick and Robyn visit the Royal Tyrrell Museum, Robyn is inspired to raise funds for a dinosaur dig that will close soon if it doesn't find funding. The kids are caught up in another mystery when a chain of suspicious events, including the disappearance of important fossils and a fraudulent discovery at the dig, leads them to wonder what's going on. Is the new visiting scientist behind the fraud, or did Robyn's enthusiasm to save the dig lead her astray?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOrca Book Publishers
    Release dateOct 1, 2009
    ISBN9781554694723
    Fraud Squad
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    Michele Martin Bossley

    Michele Martin Bossley is the author of numerous books for young people, including Jumper and Kicker in the Orca Sports series. A frequent speaker at writing conferences and schools, Michele divides her time between writing and parenting her four sons. She lives in Calgary.

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      Fraud Squad - Michele Martin Bossley

      Fraud Squad

      Michele Martin Bossley

      orca currents

      ORCA BOOK PUBLISHERS

      Copyright © 2009 Michele Martin Bossley

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system now known or to be invented, without permission in writing from the publisher.

      Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

      Bossley, Michele Martin

      Fraud squad / written by Michele Martin Bossley.

      (Orca currents)

      ISBN 978-1-55469-115-9 (bound).--ISBN 978-1-55469-114-2 (pbk.)

      I. Title. II. Series: Orca currents

      PS8553.O7394F73 2009 jC813’.54 C2009-902829-8

      Summary: Robyn, Nick and Trevor learn about paleontology as they try to solve a mystery at a local dinosaur dig.

      First published in the United States, 2009

      Library of Congress Control Number: 20099282I8

      Orca Book Publishers gratefully acknowledges the support for its publishing programs provided by the following agencies: the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program and the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Province of British Columbia through the BC Arts Council and the Book Publishing Tax Credit.

      Cover design by Teresa Bubela

      Cover photography by Dreamstime

      Orca Book Publishers

      PO Box 5626, Station B

      Victoria, BC Canada

      V8R 6S4

      Orca Book Publishers

      PO Box 468

      Custer, WA USA

      98240-0468

      www.orcabook.com

      Printed and bound in Canada.

      Printed on 100% PCW recycled paper.

      12 11 10 09 • 4 3 2 1

      For Matthew, champion of children’s

      literacy and fundraiser extraordinaire.

      Thank you so much for all your

      love and support.

      Contents

      Chapter One

      Chapter Two

      Chapter Three

      Chapter Four

      Chapter Five

      Chapter Six

      Chapter Seven

      Chapter Eight

      Chapter Nine

      Chapter Ten

      Chapter Eleven

      Chapter Twelve

      Chapter Thirteen

      chapter one

      A few feet from my face, huge jaws smiled menacingly, revealing curved sharp teeth perfect for tearing flesh. The creature looked ready to pounce if I moved so much as a baby finger.

      That is one big ugly dude, my cousin Nick said, shaking his spiky black hair out of his face. I jumped in spite of myself. Our friend Robyn repressed a shudder as she took in the blank eye sockets that seemed to look down from the bony skull.

      The dinosaur skeleton had to be at least twenty feet tall. The neck swooped toward the floor, as if it were chasing smaller prey.

      Our class was on a field trip, visiting the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller, Alberta. The Tyrrell Museum is famous for its fantastic dinosaur fossils. The badlands around Drumheller are some of the best dig sites for dinosaur fossils in the world.

      Robyn, her freckled face scrunched into a frown, had made me promise before we left not to get us into any trouble at the museum. Like it’s all my fault that weird things happen around the three of us. I have nothing to do with that. If anyone was to blame for getting us into sticky situations, it’s Robyn. She’s pretty nosy, even for a girl.

      He’s one of the most complete specimens of the Tyrannosaurus rex ever found, Hailey Ross said. My mom said it took years to find all the pieces.

      How do you know it’s a he? Robyn flicked her ponytail over her shoulder.

      Hailey shrugged. Females have a different substance in some of their bones. Paleontologists figured that out on a T. rex skeleton in Montana. Before that, we just guessed.

      Did your mom actually work on digging it up? Nick asked.

      Yeah, she did. The digs are her favorite part. She likes teaching too though. Hailey glanced toward the front of the line, where her mom Jamie was leading the tour. It’s too bad that she might have to give that up. Hailey’s expression hardened.

      Why? I asked.

      We might be moving. Hailey’s answer was so brief that I didn’t want to ask anything more. Hailey was a nice kid. She never bragged, but we all knew that Dr. Ross had her name in the newspaper a lot when it came to important research in paleontology. Dr. Ross didn’t look famous. She was dressed in khaki pants with multiple pockets, hiking shoes and a white blouse. She wore her brown hair cut blunt at her chin, just long enough to tuck behind her ears, and no makeup. Hailey looked a lot like her, except her hair was usually twisted into a long braid down her

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