After cops arrest her dad on suspicion of stealing the library fund money, Jesse and her friend Springer investigate.
A tornado then strikes their town, and Springer, Jesse, and her Pomeranian Sam-Sam must show what they're really made of in this new mystery from Edgar Award winner Vaught.
Deeply smart and considerate.
-- BCCB An absorbing mystery.
-- Kirkus Reviews A strong addition to help diversify realistic fiction collections to include neuroatypical characters and heroines.
-- School Library Journal Jesse is on the case when money goes missing from the library and her dad is looking like the #1 suspect in Edgar Award--winning author Susan Vaught's latest middle grade mystery.
I could see the big inside of my Sam-Sam.
I had been training him for 252 days with mini tennis balls and pieces of bacon, just to prove to Dad and Mom and Aunt Gus and the whole world that a tiny, fluffy dog could do big things if he wanted to.
I think my little dog always knew he could be a hero.
I just wonder if he knew about me.
When the cops show up at Jesse's house and arrest her dad, she figures out in a hurry that he's the #1 suspect in the missing library fund money case.
With the help of her (first and only) friend Springer, she rounds up suspects (leading to a nasty confrontation with three notorious school bullies) and asks a lot of questions.
But she can't shake the feeling that she isn't exactly cut out for being a crime-solving hero.
Jesse has a neuro-processing disorder, which means that she's on the spectrum or whatever.
As she explains it, I get stuck on lots of stuff, like words and phrases and numbers and smells and pictures and song lines and what time stuff is supposed to happen.
But when a tornado strikes her small town, Jesse is given the opportunity to show what she's really made of--and help her dad.
Told with the true-as-life voice Susan Vaught is known for, this mystery will have you rooting for Jesse and her trusty Pomeranian, Sam-Sam.
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