Nate the Great San Francisco Detective
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Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · 2000 · Est. 17 min read-aloud

Nate the Great San Francisco Detective

By Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, Mitchell Sharmat, Martha Weston (Illustrator)

Book #22 in the Nate the Great series

A lost joke book threatens the world. Can a young detective solve the case in time?

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80 pages· 2,159 words· Est. 17 min read-aloud
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Nate the Great and his trusty dog, Sludge, embark on a thrilling adventure in San Francisco. Tasked with finding a missing joke book for his cousin Olivia's client, Duncan, Nate faces a dire warning: the world could end if the book isn't found. As they navigate the city's iconic landmarks, from pancake houses to the Golden Gate Bridge, Nate must unravel sticky clues and solve his first out-of-town mystery. Will he succeed before it's too late? Dive into this captivating quest to find out!

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Nate, the great detective, and his dog, Sludge, are off to San Francisco! They’re going to visit Nate’s cousin Olivia Sharp. She’s a detective, too, and a very busy one. Olivia isn’t around to solve her case number 22. Her client, Duncan, has lost his joke book. He tells Nate that if the book isn’t found–and soon–the world will come to an end. Nate takes the case. He and Sludge cruise up and down and around San Francisco in the limo, tracking down clues. Sticky, icky clues, big and small clues, all-around-the-town clues that take them to a pancake house, over the Golden Gate Bridge, and finally to a place that seems wrong but could be right. Can Nate the Great keep the world from coming to an end? Can he solve his first out-of-town case?

At a glance
Format
Paperback
Pages
80
Words
2,159
Reading age
4–8
Audience
Juvenile Reader
Lexile
500L
Themes & topics
Books about friendshipBooks about lost and found possessionsBooks about San FranciscoBooks about detectivesBooks about lost and found
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The fine print

Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
~3.3
F&P level
~N
Publication
Published
October 8, 2002
First published
September 12, 2000
Publisher
Yearling
Edition
Language
English
Type
Picture Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780440418214

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