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    Jake the Detective
    Jake the Detective
    Jake the Detective
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    Jake the Detective

    By Susan Troutt

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    HIS FRIENDS THINK


    HE'S A BOBBLE-HEAD GHOST,


    BUT HE'S REALLY JUST


    JAKE THE DETECTIVE



    It's a BIG MYSTERY when things begin to disappear from Jake's classroom. How can nine-year-old Jake catch the thief? His mystery-reading cousin has ideas, but Jake has questions. Does going undercover mean putting a bedspread over your head? Is putting a tail on someone like Pin the Tail on the Donkey? If you catch a thief red-handed, will he have red hands?


    Jake's good at following directions. In fact, he does exactly what he is told, which leads to a lot of mix-ups, a whole lot of mistakes, and a hilarious mixture of merriment. Add in Jake's bad hair, his short attention span, and his bossy classmate, and you're in for some laugh-out-loud fun.


    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateDec 28, 2010
    ISBN9781452069418
    Jake the Detective
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    Susan Troutt

    As a child, Susan Troutt was blessed with good teachers who introduced her to writing. She wrote and, in return, they displayed her stories in the hallway, entered her essays in contests, praised her pieces, and encouraged her to continue writing. When she grew up, she became a teacher, guiding fourth graders to love the written word and helping them to find their own true joy in writing. Now retired form teaching, Susan Troutt lives in Northern Kentucky with her husband James. She loves reading, Jazzercising, hiking, cooking, quilting, and visiting schools to talk about writing.

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      Jake the Detective - Susan Troutt

      Table of Contents

      Vocabulary Lesson

      Suspects

      Treats

      A Trap

      Down and Dirty

      Two Towels,

      Two Bobble Heads

      Take Two

      Yes, Sir!

      Ants!

      Catching Angela

      Following Orders

      Inside Job

      Dancing Dust Bunnies

      Was There Homework?

      Finding Out

      The Undercover Mission

      What’s Important

      Vocabulary Lesson

      Jake couldn’t believe it. This was the third time this week that something was missing from his desk. Monday his pencil was missing, and yesterday and again today it was his lunch money.

      He peered into his desk slot.

      Jake, said his teacher Miss Winters, are you paying attention?

      Jake sat up straight. What had Miss Winters been saying? He hadn’t realized that she was even talking at all. Were you saying something?

      Yes, Jake, we were discussing vocabulary. Please listen.

      Jake nodded. His dark hair stuck up at all angles. He tried to smooth it down. It bounced back up again. It was bad enough that he was the smallest kid in his fourth grade class. Why did he have to put up with bad hair too?

      His mind began to wander. Who could have taken his things? Mikey had a pencil that looked like his. So did Callie. So did Angela. His pencil had been an ordinary yellow one. There was nothing special about his pencil, except that it was missing. Does missing make a pencil special? It was all so confusing.

      Just yesterday, his mother had told him to add something to the grocery list. Well, anyone who’s been in school knows that a list is for spelling words, and that adding is what you do in math. Why didn’t his mother understand that?

      Jake waved his hand in the air, hoping Miss Winters would stop talking so he could tell her about his missing money.

      Finally she came to his desk. What is it, Jake? Do you need help with your vocabulary words?

      He shook his head.

      Better get to work.

      Jake rummaged through his desk. He pulled out a clean sheet of paper. Miss Winters, he began.

      Yes?

      Um, my lunch money is missing. It was missing yesterday too.

      Have you looked in your desk?

      Yes. It’s not there.

      Miss Winters reached in her pocket. She took out a crisp new dollar bill. I’ll loan you the money, but keep an eye on it.

      Keep an eye on it? Jake knew exactly what that meant. The word on had been in last week’s vocabulary. Miss Winters had told the class that on meant atop.

      Well, he knew what a top was. It was a toy that spun round and round. On was not a toy top. On meant to be on top of something. That’s what it meant.

      Miss Winters was old. Maybe she was confused. When she told me to keep an eye on this dollar, I’ll bet she meant I should put my eye on top of it.

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      Jake spread the dollar out

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