by Ron Roy
He tapped on the back of the buggy. “Take us away, Alfie!”
“Au revoir!” cried Yvonne and Jean-Paul from the sidewalk. “See you tomorrow!”
Alfie clicked his tongue at Prince, and the buggy began to move. Slowly, the horse clip-clopped down the street.
Dink sat back and gazed up at the sky. A billion stars blazed down at him. One star was larger than the others, and it looked green, like a jewel.
The green star blinked, then disappeared.
Dink laughed.
“What’s funny?” Josh asked.
Dink shook his head. “Nothing,” he said. “Just my eyes playing tricks on me again.”
Text copyright © 2000 by Ron Roy
Illustrations copyright © 2000 by John Steven Gurney
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Published in the United States by Random House, Inc., New York.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Roy, Ron.
The jaguar’s jewel/by Ron Roy; illustrated by John Steven Gurney.
p. cm. — (A to Z mysteries)
“A Stepping Stone book.”
Summary: Dink and his friends use their detective skills to locate a giant emerald missing from a statue delivered to Uncle Warren’s museum in New York City.
eISBN: 978-0-307-53304-3
[1. New York (N.Y.)—Fiction. 2. Mystery and detective stories.] I. Gurney, John, ill.
II. Title. PZ7.R8139Jac 2000 [Fic]—dc21 99–40056
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