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168 pp.
| Simon |
July, 2006 |
TradeISBN 0-689-86686-0$15.95
(3)
4-6
Illustrated by
Chris Blair.
In small-town Plattsford, Nebraska, sixth-grade paperboy/Boy Scout/4-H-er/mystery buff Ted Hammond secretly befriends a girl who is hiding with her mother and brother in an abandoned farmhouse. When they disappear, Ted must figure out what happened. The subplot describing the townspeople's struggles, including a fight to keep their tiny school open, further helps set the scene and ties in with a hopeful ending.