"Great Scott! [A] swell sequelNever has the Hardy BoysNancy Drew axis been knocked further or more delightfully askew. Booklist (starred review) In the zany and humorous second book of National Book Award winner M.T. Andersons Pals in Peril series, Jasper Dash and his friends are on the case, solving a spine-tingling mystery.In need of a vacation after their last laser-beam-filled adventure, Lily, Jasper, and Katie have flown off for a restful stay at a distant mountain lodge, which just so happens to be hosting a gathering for characters from other middle grade series novels. Twothe marvelous Manley Boyslook suspiciously like a pair of crime-solving bothers named Frank and Joe Hardy. Two others are a pair of boy-crazy twin sisters who attend a high school in some sweet valley somewhere. And then there are the Hooper Quints, who, along with a wealthy heiresss priceless diamond necklace, have suddenly gone missing. Does it surprise you that the supposedly on vacation Katie, Jasper, and Lily are the only ones around who have the chops to solve this challenging mystery? National Book Award winner M. T. Anderson has done it again with this second volume of his riotous and wonderfully weird series.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Pals in Peril .

This book is aimed at children at US 5th grade-9th grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 10-14 years.

There are 256 pages in this book. This book was published in 2010 by Simon & Schuster .

M. T. Anderson is the author of several critically acclaimed young adult novels including Burger Wuss and Thirsty. He lives in Massachusetts, USA. KURT CYRUS is the illustrator of Tadpole Rex, Mammoths on the Move and M. T. Anderson's Whales on Stilts and The Clue of the Linoleum Lederhosen. He lives in Cottage Grove, Oregon.