
The Trail of the Screaming Teenager
1990
First Published
3.26
Average Rating
77
Number of Pages
Part of Series
It's a hot summer day at the beach. The sand is crammed with bodies. Arno the killer kndergarten kid is building an apartment complex on his mother's feet. Somewhere a teenager is screaming. Who has stolen Gladys Mindy's almost-diamond necklace with the two almost-ruby hearts? She's offering a reward to whoever finds the thief. Dawn Bosco, the polka Dot Private Eye, is soon on the trail. But Arno keeps tripping her up. Will she solve her hottest case yet?
Avg Rating
3.26
Number of Ratings
19
5 STARS
11%
4 STARS
26%
3 STARS
42%
2 STARS
21%
1 STARS
0%
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Author

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.

