A to Z mysteries. Books H-J

The haunted hotel: When the guests of the Shangri-La Hotel are scared away by a white-haired female ghost, Dink and his friends investigate the mystery.

The invisible island: While picnicking on Squaw Island, Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose find a hundred dollar bill, and when they return to explore further they find an entire cave full of money.

The jaguar's jewel: 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.

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The Haunted Hotel
H Is for Haunted . . . A ghost has checked into the Shangri-la Hotel It's almost Halloween, and reports of strange sounds and even stranger sights are coming from Green Lawn's only hotel. Every day, more and more guests are being scared away. Everyone else is getting scared, too Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose must figure out what's going on and catch the ghost-before Green Lawn turns into a ghost town
The Invisible Island
I Is for Island . . . It's a beautiful day for a picnic Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose pack up a basket and wade out to Squaw Island to eat and explore. Before they can even spread their blanket, they find a hundred-dollar bill in the sand But when the kids come back the next day, the entire island has mysteriously disappeared. What is the secret of Squaw Island?
The Jaguar's Jewel
J Is for Jewel . . . When the kids visit Dink's uncle in New York City, they're dazzled by his museum's latest treasure-a statue of a gold jaguar with a precious emerald between its paws. But when the jewel is swapped for a fake, the police name Dink's uncle as the suspect It's up to Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose to uncover the real crook. Whole stole the jaguar's jewel?

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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Gr 1-3--When the newspaper reports that there is a ghost in the Shangri-la Hotel, Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose resolve to discover who's behind the mysterious apparitions that have been frightening away all of the guests. Does this trio have a ghost of a chance in solving this mystery before the hotel must close? The Haunted Hotel is the first of three of Ron Roy's "A to Z Mysteries" (all Random, 1999-2000) on this audio collection. In The Invisible Island, the kids find a mysterious $100 bill in the sand when they go to Squaw Island for a picnic. When they return the next day, they discover the island is missing...or is it? A beautiful emerald jewel is not what it appears in Jaguar's Jewel. The discerning threesome have traveled to New York City and must discover who swapped a valuable emerald that was sent to Dink's uncle at the museum with a fake before he is arrested. Delightfully narrated by David Pittu, these tales will delight fans of the series as well as mystery lovers.--Amy Joslyn, Fairport Public Library, NY (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.

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