Girl's Best Friend
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Chapter Book · Ages 8–12 · 2010 · Est. 7 hour read

Girl's Best Friend

By Leslie Margolis

Part of the Maggie Brooklyn Mysteries series

Dogs vanish, and Maggie's secret dog-walking gig uncovers a surprising suspect close to her heart.

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288 pages· 50,178 words· Est. 7 hour read
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Maggie Brooklyn Sinclair, a young dog-walker with a knack for solving mysteries, faces her toughest challenge yet when dogs start disappearing in her neighborhood. Determined to help her ex-best friend Ivy recover her kidnapped rescue dog, Kermit, Maggie dives into a world of ransom notes and suspicious behavior. As she pieces together the clues, she is shocked to find her crush, Milo, might be involved. Can Maggie unravel the mystery and save Kermit before it's too late? Dive into a world of intrigue and unexpected twists in this thrilling middle-grade mystery.

From the publisher

Nancy Drew fans will fall for the first title in Leslie Margolis’s pitch-perfect middle-grade series, The Maggie Brooklyn Mysteries. Dogs are disappearing in her neighborhood, and Maggie Brooklyn Sinclair knows all about it. After all, she has a semi-secret after-school gig as a professional (ok, amateur) dog-walker. Maggie hates to see a pup in trouble, so she’s even willing to help her ex-best friend Ivy recover her rescue-dog, Kermit. Kermit’s being held for ransom, and Maggie has noticed some suspicious behavior lately. But she never suspected her crush Milo could be involved . . . Don’t miss these other stories by Leslie Margolis: The Maggie Brooklyn MysteriesGirl’s Best FriendVanishing ActsSecrets at the Chocolate Mansion The Annabelle Unleashed seriesBoys Are DogsGirls Acting CattyEverybody Bugs OutOne Tough ChickMonkey Business

At a glance
Format
Paperback
Pages
288
Words
50,178
Reading age
8–12
Audience
Middle Grade
Lexile
620L
Themes & topics
Books about friendshipBooks about dogsBooks about petsBooks about siblingsBooks about New York
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
4.1
F&P level
~O
AR points
7
AR interest level
MG
AR quiz
140921
Publication
Published
October 25, 2011
First published
August 24, 2010
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9781599906904

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