Leila & Nugget Mystery: The Case with No Clues

by Dustin Brady, April Brady (Illustrator)

Overview

Leila Beal and her little dog, Nugget, are back in this second installment of Leila & Nugget Mysteries. A treasure hunt ensues at Englewood Elementary. There's just one problem—there are no clues!

Mr. McGee was the principal of Englewood Elementary in 1947, and the students have just discovered that he created a massive treasure hunt all those years ago... But Mr. McGee disappeared before he could share any of the clues. Seventy years later, Leila and Nugget are ready to crack the case and find that missing treasure.

From best-selling author Dustin Brady (Trapped in a Video Game series), Leila & Nugget Mysteries reward developing readers with nonstop laughs, twists, and—of course—cute pets.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781524879259
Publisher:	Andrews McMeel Publishing
Publication date:	03/07/2023
Series:	Leila and Nugget Mysteries , #2
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.50(h) x 0.80(d)
Lexile:	650L (what's this?)
Age Range:	7 - 9 Years

About the Author

Dustin Brady writes funny, action-packed books for kids. Although he regularly gets locked out of his own accounts for forgetting passwords, Dustin still remembers the Super Mario Bros. 3 game genie code for infinite lives. It’s SLXPLOVS. Dustin lives in Cleveland, Ohio, with his wife, kids, and a small dog named Nugget.

Editorial Reviews

A well-constructed mix of brains and footwork.” (Kirkus Reviews)

"Ultimately this lighthearted account celebrates community and a love for reading, with lessons learned and mysteries pleasantly solved." (Booklist)

From the Publisher

2023-03-14
News of a treasure hidden in her soon-to-be-demolished school prompts a third grade sleuth to search for clues that were laid down decades ago.

Cued by an elderly neighbor’s memories of a never completed treasure hunt set up when she was a third grader in 1947, Leila and canine sidekick Nugget rush to investigate. Though it seems impossible that clues so old could have survived, the authors stretch things surprisingly little to accommodate the unlikely premise as they plant hints for Leila to uncover, ranging from an altered old class photo to origami animals slipped into the spines of certain books. Efforts to keep her hunt secret not only leave her (temporarily) on the outs with her best friend, Kait, but quickly prove futile, and soon several grown-ups, many of her schoolmates, and even a local TV news crew are following behind or haring off on searches of their own. As it turns out, there’s no gold (as Kait excitedly supposes), but the “treasure” that Leila discovers with significant help from Nugget and others in a nicely timed denouement does have enough dollar as well as sentimental value to satisfy young chapter-book readers. Race and ethnicity are left ambiguous in the occasional monochrome illustrations. Nugget, a “cavapoo,” is as cute as he is clever.

A well-constructed mix of brains and footwork. (Mystery. 8-10)

Kirkus Reviews