The Blue Stealer
A Jack
Russell: Dog Detective Mystery
Darrel and Sally
Odgers
Kane/Miller (Paperback)
ISBN-10: 1-935279-09-2 (1935279092)
ISBN-13: 978-1-935279-09-9 (9781935279099)
Publication Date: June 2009
List Price: $4.99
Synopsis (from
the publisher): Sarge and Caterina are preparing for a party. Auntie
Tidge is welcoming a newcomer to Doggeroo. Meanwhile, Jack is teaching
young Preacher the basics of detection. What better place to start than
the case of the Blue Stealer!
When someone steals humans’ special things, Sarge is on the case.
But when Foxie’s old boot and Shuffle’s pug cloth are
stolen, that’s a job for Jack Russell! Can he find the canine
criminal and help Sarge catch the human robber too?
Review: Are you
searching for a book with dogs and mysteries? Then Jack Russell: Dog
Detective in The Blue Stealer
by Darrel and Sally Odgers is for you! It is the 9th book in the Jack
Russell series. Jack, the main character, is the dog detective who
solves the mysterious identity of the Blue Stealer. Sarge is not a dog,
but is Jack’s owner, and he helps out in the story. The Blue
Stealer is a new dog in town when a pug rag and a boot mysteriously
disappear. Also, spoons and jewelry are stolen. Jack’s dog
friends come to him to ask Jack to save everything and find the Blue
Stealer and its owner before they drive off to steal from another town.
For the most part, The Blue Stealer
is a good story. The funny dog names and made up dog words like
“pawfect” make the book a lot of fun to read. Also, having
the dog as the detective is not something you see every day. I would
have liked the book to be more descriptive so that the reader can be
more involved in the story. Plus, the mystery was very easy to solve.
The reader pretty much knows by the picture on the cover and the title
who is stealing everything. It is neat, however, how the dog and owner
are able to go from town to town stealing things and nobody is able to
stop them until they reach Doggeroo and Jack is there to catch them! I
would recommend the "Jack Russell: Dog Detective" series for beginning
chapter book readers.
Special thanks to Andrea (age 10) for contributing her review of The Blue Stealer and to Kane/Miller for providing a copy of the book for this review.
Review Copyright © 2009 — Andrea Nauert — All Rights Reserved — Reprinted with Permission
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The Blue Stealer
Kane/Miller (Paperback), June 2009
ISBN-10: 1-935279-09-2 (1935279092)
ISBN-13: 978-1-935279-09-9 (9781935279099)
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