The Chameleon Wore Chartreuse (A Chet Gecko Mystery)

The Chameleon Wore Chartreuse (A Chet Gecko Mystery)

by Bruce Hale (Author)

Synopsis

Chet Gecko loves a good mystery. Almost more than he loves his fee--stinkbug pie.
So when fellow fourth grader Shirley Chameleon asks him to find her missing brother, Billy, Chet expects the case to be as easy a pie. But Billy's disappearance is part of a larger plot, one that involves the Rat Sisters, a riddling junkyard dog, and a vicious Gila monster named Herman. If Chet doesn't solve the case fast, the entire school could be humiliated. Worst of all, Chet might not get his fee. And Chet's hungry. . . .

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 112
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Harcourt Brace International
Published: 07 Jun 2001

ISBN 10: 0152024859
ISBN 13: 9780152024857

Media Reviews
Zesty and entertaining. The combination of school details, animal classmates, and homage to Raymond Chandler is glib but broadly and sustainedly humorous. . . . Young readers . . . will want to scuttle along with this schoolyard sleuth.
-The Bulletin

THE MYSTERY OF MR. NICE
Green-scaled gumshoe Chet Gecko hits his stride in this hard-boiled follow-up to The Chameleon Wore Chartreuse . . . Hale throws in wisecracks by the handful, terrible jokes . . ., and daffy clues. . . . Hold on to your fedoras: this gecko's going places. -Kirkus Reviews

Author Bio
Bruce Hale is the author of five picture books as well as the Chet Gecko mysteries. A popular speaker, teacher, and storyteller for children and adults, he was awarded a Fulbright grant in 1998 to teach stroytelling and to study folklore in Thailand. He lives in Honolulu, Hawaii.