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Looking for intriguing mysteries, great friendship stories, and quality chapter books for beginning readers? Look no Jigsaw and Mila are the best detectives on the market! While working on a project for Parents' Night, ace detective, Jigsaw Jones, receives an urgent late-night phone Geetha Nair's painting has been stolen from the art room. At the scene of the crime, Jigsaw and his partner, Mila, find a baffling secret code. While working to solve the riddle, Jigsaw is stunned to discover it leads to a trail of clues hidden throughout the school building—ingeniously disguised by the thief. Unless Jigsaw and Mila can decipher the puzzle in time, Geetha's painting—and an explosive school secret—will be lost forever!
Author
James Preller (born 1961) is the children's book author of the Jigsaw Jones Mysteries, which are published by Scholastic Corporation. He grew up in Wantagh, New York and went to college in Oneonta, New York. After graduating from college in 1983, James Preller was employed as a waiter for one year before being hired as a copywriter by Scholastic Corporation, where he was introduced (through their books) to many noatable children's authors. This inspired James Preller to try writing his own books. James Preller published his first book, entitled MAXX TRAX: Avalanche Rescue, in 1986. Since that time, James Preller has written a variety of books, and has written under a number of pen names, including Mitzy Kafka, James Patrick, and Izzy Bonkers. James Preller lives in Delmar, New York with his wife Lisa and their three children. http://us.macmillan.com/author/jamesp...
