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The Riddle of the Red Purse
1987
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3.76
Average Rating
69
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" Milk, Bread, Cheese, Food For Angel " reads the shopping list inside the shiny red purse Dawn Bosco finds in the school yard. Also inside is some sandy grit that looks like cracker crumbs and seventeen cents. This is Dawn's chance to solve another mystery! Three people say the purse is theirs, but whose is it really? With the help of Jason Bazyk and The Polka Dot Private Eye, which says " Ask Questions. You'll Find Things Out," Dawn discovers some surprising answers.

Avg Rating
3.76
Number of Ratings
38
5 STARS
24%
4 STARS
34%
3 STARS
37%
2 STARS
5%
1 STARS
0%
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Patricia Reilly Giff
Patricia Reilly Giff
Author · 110 books
Patricia Reilly Giff was the author of many beloved books for children, including the Kids of the Polk Street School books, the Friends and Amigos books, and the Polka Dot Private Eye books. Several of her novels for older readers have been chosen as ALA-ALSC Notable Books and ALA-YALSA Best Books for Young Adults. They include The Gift of the Pirate Queen; All the Way Home; Water Street; Nory Ryan's Song, a Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Golden Kite Honor Book for Fiction; and the Newbery Honor Books Lily's Crossing and Pictures of Hollis Woods. Lily's Crossing was also chosen as a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book.
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