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78 pp.
| Holt |
September, 1998 |
TradeISBN 0-8050-5888-5$$15.95
(4)
1-3Redfeather Chapter Book series.
Illustrated by
Laurie Keller.
Aspiring poet and amateur detective Marty Frye belts out couplets as he tracks down a classmate's missing diary, a lost box of action figures, and his sister's bag of flour. While poetry and detective fiction are an interesting mix, Marty's unimaginative rhymes become tiresome fairly quickly. Hip black-and-white drawings add humor.