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Farewell, My Lunchbag: From the Tattered Casebook of Chet Gecko, Private Eye
107 pp.
| Harcourt |
April, 2001 |
TradeISBN 0-15-202275-9$$14.00
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4-6Chet Gecko Mystery series.
Framed for stealing food from the cafeteria and sentenced to a lifetime of detention and years of dishwashing duty, Chet Gecko, a grade-school private eye, sets out to clear his name with the help of his mockingbird partner Natalie Attired. The quirky mystery plays with hard-boiled detective fiction conventions and includes loads of puns, gags, and goofy one-liners. Cartoonlike illustrations add to the humor.