Gr. 46. Elevenyearold Alex and his nextdoor neighbor Yasmin were first seenas sleuths in Who Is Stealing the 12 Days of Christmas 2003. Now itsHalloween that go... » 

Gr. 46. Elevenyearold Alex and his nextdoor neighbor Yasmin were first seenas sleuths in Who Is Stealing the 12 Days of Christmas 2003. Now itsHalloween that goes missingHalloween being a neighbors cat. Freeman offers asolid mix of misunderstandings mischief and mystery as the kids track notonly Halloween but also other cats that have been catnappedsome say by aghost. Is their disappearance linked to two murders that happened in the townmore than 100 years ago? A cat was at the center of that mystery too. Theresa lot of super sleuthing here even Alexs cat Luau gets in on the action. Bysetting the story at Halloween Freeman is able to use the high jinks of theholiday as the detecting goes on. The explanation of the mystery of the missingcats doesnt quite hold together but the resolution of longago killings isquite gripping in the name of decorum the book calls the murdered womansparamour sweetheart throughout. «