The Jaguar's Jewel

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

  All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions.

  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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