Read Series: The Polka Dot Private Eye
by Author Patricia Reilly Giff
The Powder Puff Puzzle (1987)
Dawn Bosco freezes in horror as her cat Powder Puff jumps out of her arms and into a car. Before Dawn can stop it, the car drives away. Poor Powder Puff!This is a job for Dawn, the Polka Dot Private Eye--and she's ready. The only clues she has, she tells her friend Jason, are a jelly cookie, part...
The Trail of the Screaming Teenager (1990)
It's a hot summer day at the beach. The sand is crammed with bodies. Arno the killer kndergarten kid is building an apartment complex on his mother's feet. Somewhere a teenager is screaming. Who has stolen Gladys Mindy's almost-diamond necklace with the two almost-ruby hearts? She's offering a re...
The Riddle of the Red Purse (1987)
""Milk, Bread, Cheese, Food For Angel" " reads the shopping list inside the shiny red purse Dawn Bosco finds in the school yard. Also inside is some sandy grit that looks like cracker crumbs and seventeen cents.This is Dawn's chance to solve another mystery! Three people say the purse is theirs, ...
Secret at the Polk Street School (1987)
Dawn wonders whether mean Drake Evans is behind the strange happenings at the Polk Street School.
The Clue at the Zoo (1990)
Oh, no! Arno the killer kindergarten kid is back. And Dawn Bosco's grandmother is his baby-sitter. How will Dawn and Jill ever have fun at the zoo with him along?Luckily, Dawn. the Polka Dot Private Eye, finds a mystery to solve. Someone has lost a notebook with gritty white poison all over it. B...
The Mystery of the Blue Ring (1987)
Emily Arrow's blue ring is missing. What could have happened to it? Dawn Bosco knows the whole class thinks she stole it, just because she borrowed Emily's unicorn once. But that was weeks ago.With the detective kit her grandmother has given her -- a polka-dot hat and fake glasses with furry eyeb...