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    The Mystery of the Blue Ring
    The Mystery of the Blue Ring
    The Mystery of the Blue Ring
    Ebook72 pages27 minutes

    The Mystery of the Blue Ring

    By Patricia Reilly Giff and Blanche Sims

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    Second-grader Dawn Bosco puts her mystery-solving skills to the test when her former best friend, Emily Arrow, loses her birthday ring Dawn Bosco and Emily Arrow used to be best friends, until Dawn took Emily’s unicorn. Even though Dawn eventually gave it back, Emily still won’t talk to her. When Emily’s blue birthday ring goes missing after art class, the rest of the second grade accuses Dawn of stealing it. Dawn sets out to solve the mystery herself to prove she is innocent—and maybe get her best friend back. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Patricia Reilly Giff including rare photos from the author’s personal collection.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Media
    Release dateJun 28, 2011
    ISBN9781453220399
    The Mystery of the Blue Ring
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    Patricia Reilly Giff

    Patricia Reilly Giff (b. 1935) grew up in Brooklyn, New York. She is the author of the popular Polk Street Mystery series, as well as several award-winning novels for middle-grade readers. After graduating from Marymount College, Giff taught reading for twenty years before writing her first novel. Many of her books are ALA-ALSC Notable Children’s Books and ALA-YALSA Best Books for Young Adults, including Lily’s Crossing and Pictures of Hollis Woods, for which Giff won Newbery Honors. Giff lives in Weston, Connecticut, with her husband.

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    The Mystery of the Blue Ring - Patricia Reilly Giff

    The Mystery of the Blue Ring

    Patricia Reilly Giff

    Illustrated by Blanche Sims

    For my dear Catherine Van Slyck

    with love

    Contents

    CHAPTER 1

    CHAPTER 2

    CHAPTER 3

    CHAPTER 4

    CHAPTER 5

    CHAPTER 6

    CHAPTER 7

    CHAPTER 8

    CHAPTER 9

    CHAPTER 10

    A Biography of Patricia Reilly Giff

    CHAPTER 1

    IT WAS THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

    Dawn Bosco turned the page of her book. She wanted to get to the end before art.

    She had to find out about the secret in the old house.

    Ms. Rooney looked up. Dawn, are you listening?

    Dawn closed her book.

    Today is Good Vegetable Day, said Ms. Rooney.

    Dawn rolled her pencil down her desk.

    She hated vegetables.

    She thought about the girl in her book, Diane the Detective.

    Dawn wished she could be a detective, too.

    She wished she could solve a mystery. A scary one.

    Who has a favorite vegetable? asked Ms. Rooney.

    Jason Bazyk waved his hand. Apples, he said.

    That’s not a vegetable, said Timothy Barbiero.

    How about spinach? asked Ms. Rooney. Or cabbage?

    Yuck, Dawn said.

    Next to her, Emily Arrow said yuck, too.

    Dawn looked at Emily.

    Sometimes they were friends. Sometimes they weren’t.

    She had done something bad to Emily.

    She had taken her unicorn.

    That was weeks ago, though. She had given it back.

    Maybe Emily didn’t remember it anymore. Dawn hoped not.

    The bell rang. It was time for art.

    Dawn raced to the front of the line. She edged in ahead of Emily.

    Dawn loved to be first.

    Emily gave her a little push.

    Emily liked to be first, too.

    They marched into the art room.

    On every table were lumps of gray stuff. There were little bowls of water, too.

    Dawn wondered what they were for.

    Mrs. Kara, the art teacher, clapped her hands. Today is Good Vegetable Day.

    I’m sick of vegetables, said Jason.

    Dawn was sick of vegetables,

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