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250 pp.
| Holiday |
August, 2008 |
TradeISBN 978-0-8234-2091-9$16.95
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4-6
Coach Banner steps inside a Porta Potty to change into his Uncle Sam costume before the annual Memorial Day race--then seemingly vanishes. Freeman takes her time building up to his mysterious disappearance, and she lobs a lot of balls into the air here (Vietnam War, lawn-care chemicals, baseball), but her super-sleuths Alex and Yasmeen, lively and likable as ever, keep readers hooked.