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Digging For Trouble

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Twelve-year-old supersleuth Devlin Quick heads to Montana to dig out dinosaur bones, but instead she uncovers a mystery in this second book in the thrilling series from New York Times bestselling author Linda Fairstein

After successfully apprehending a map thief at the beginning of summer, Dev is going to spend the second half of her summer vacation in Montana with her best friend, Katie, exploring the outdoors and NOT getting into trouble. But after participating in a dinosaur dig, Katie and Dev suspect that someone bad is in the Badlands when Katie's found fossils are switched out for old rocks. The good news? With Mom back in New York, no one can stop Devlin from investigating! But the fossil thief isn't the only danger here, as snakes, scorpions, and bears abound, making Montana a treacherous place for finding answers.
And when the mystery takes Dev and Katie back to Manhattan—to the Museum of Natural History—the case gets even more complicated, even with Dev's friend Booker there to help. Dev has to use her brains, brawn, and yes, okay, the lessons learned from her police commissioner mother if she wants to dig up the truth once and for all. This is the perfect read for fans of Nancy Drew and Theodore Boone.
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    • Kirkus

      September 15, 2017
      From maps to dinosaur fossils, a preteen keeps sleuthing.Fresh from solving her first case and restoring a map to the New York Public Library (Into the Lion's Den, 2016), Devlin takes on dinosaur hunters out to foist a great forgery on the public from within the hallowed halls of Manhattan's American Museum of Natural History. As the book opens, Devlin and her friend Katie, both white, are volunteering on a summertime dinosaur dig in Montana's Badlands, where things go awry. Returning to New York, Devlin and her African-American friend Booker Dibble are able to use the vast computer resources of the NYPD because Dev's mother is the police commissioner. They are also able to employ a CT scan because Booker's mother is an orthopedic surgeon. With time out for Katie's birthday party, held in the hall of the Titanosaur at the AMNH, Dev pursues her case with her usual total focus. Sleuthing is full-time, she informs Booker, who wants to eat lunch, not a "23/7 kind of job." Readers will enjoy a glimpse into the world of fossil hunting, especially in China; one of the college volunteers on the dig is Chinese. There's also a view of the AMNH research facilities. Dev triumphs in a grand finale that involves dusty footprints, a statue of an eagle, and the fire department. A dinosaur mystery for sleuths and dino fans. (Mystery. 9-12)

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  • English

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  • Lexile® Measure:750
  • Text Difficulty:3-4

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