Sale price
$1899
Too Many Tamales
Ages 4–8 · 1993
Bookroo's summary
Seventh-graders Hector and Mando visit Uncle Julio in Fresno, expecting a quiet trip. Instead, they witness an armored car heist from a rickety plane. Uncle Julio captures the crime on camera, putting the boys in the robbers' crosshairs. As the dim-witted criminals try to silence them, Hector and Mando must use their wits to stay one step ahead. Will their quick thinking outsmart the bumbling thugs, or will they find themselves in over their heads? This adventure promises laughter and suspense as the boys navigate a dangerous game of cat and mouse.
From the publisher
When Hector and his friend Mando, seventh-graders, visit Uncle Julio, a photographer in Fresno, they have more excitement than they ever imagined. On a photo shoot in a rickety old plane, they spot an armored car heist, and Uncle Julio snaps some shots of the robbers. After they report what they saw, the two robbers decide they have to teach Hector and Mando a lesson. When the bumbling thugs meet up with the quick-witted boys, the results are hilarious.
At a glance
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 160
- Reading age
- 9–12
- Audience
- Middle Grade
- Lexile
- 730L
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