CONTENTS Doughnuts and Disasters 4 Jeremy Thomas 11 Puppets and Pumpkins 16 The Book Thief 23 Double Trouble 29 Scary Surprises 34 Missing 40 Neighbors 47 On the Case 53 A Thanksgiving Surprise 58 Case Closed 64 The Feast 73
Doughnuts and Disasters Katharine the Almost Great is missing Abby cried She set down the stack of chapter books she was carrying Dakota sat back on his heels and looked up at her What do you mean she’s missing My favorite book isn’t on the shelf Abby replied She touched the space on the bookcase in front of her Dakota rolled his eyes This is a library People are supposed to check out books Abby shook her head You don’t understand I put The Biggest Star by Far right here last night We helped Mrs Mackenzie until closing time Then we 4
came in this morning when the library opened There hasn’t been time for anyone to check it out Dakota shrugged It was Friday night There were a lot of people in the library Abby Someone must have checked it out when you weren’t looking How many times have you read it anyway A lot Abby Abby She had said had actually read it it ten times But ut she wasn’t going to tell Dakota that Aren’t there other Katharine the Almost Great books Dakota asked 5 55
