
By Frances O’Roark Dowell, Amy June Bates (Illustrator)
Part of the Sam the Man series
Sam's detective club faces a mystery drought. Can they solve the lost and found puzzle?
Sam Graham loves mysteries, but his detective club faces a problem: no cases to solve. With his friend Gavin, Sam turns to the lost and found for clues. A locked box, a stuffed snake, and a smelly red jacket become their new puzzle. Who do these items belong to, and why does the jacket stink? Join Sam and his friends as they dive into this quirky quest, where every item holds a secret waiting to be uncovered. Will they crack the case, or will the mystery remain unsolved?
Sam Graham is a mystery man. But when there are no mysteries to solve, Sam comes up with a plan to find one in this hilarious fourth chapter book in the Sam the Man series from Frances O’Roark Dowell. Sam Graham loves solving mysteries. After successfully solving the mystery of Annabelle’s lost sock, Sam decides to make mystery-solving his main hobby (after tending the chickens, of course). He recruits his best friend Gavin and a couple of their classmates for a detective club, and together they’re ready for any mystery that comes their way. There’s a problem though…there are no cases to solve! So, Sam comes up with a plan: They’ll take the most interesting things in the lost and found and try to find out who lost what. But who could a locked box, a very long stuffed snake, and a red jacket belong to? And how will Sam and his friends find them? And…why does that jacket smell so bad?!?
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