The Girl's Best Friend Mysteries (A Maggie Brooklyn Mystery)

This exciting new bind-up features all three of Leslie Margolis's pitch-perfect Maggie Brooklyn Mystery novels in one sleek package! In Girl's Best Friend , dogs are disappearing in Maggie Brooklyn Sinclair's neighborhood, and she knows all about it. After all, she has a semi-secret after-school gig as a professional (okay, amateur) dog walker. Maggie may have a lot of leads, but she never suspected her crush Milo could be involved In Vanishing Acts , a movie starring the young heartthrob Seth Ryan starts filming in Maggie's neighborhood, and everyone has movie mania. Maggie manages to capture Seth's attention, but then he disappears! Everyone thinks he's been kidnapped, but Maggie knows better. In Secrets at the Chocolate Mansion , someone is out to sabotage the new sweet shop in the neighborhood. Maggie's on the case, but her new babysitting gig has her and her twin brother Finn hanging out in what they fear may be a real haunted mansion. And it's hard to solve real life mysteries when you think you're seeing ghosts!

dogs Are Disappearing In Her Neighborhood, And Maggie Brooklyn Sinclair Knows All About It. After All, She Has A Semi-secret After-school Gig As A Professional (ok, Amateur) Dog-walker. Maggie Hates To See A Pup In Trouble, So She's Even Willing To Help Her Ex-best Friend Ivy Recover Her Rescue-dog, Kermit. Kermit's Being Held For Ransom, And Maggie Has Noticed Some Suspicious Behavior Lately. But She Never Suspected Her Crush Milo Could Be Involved . . .

leslie Margolis's Pitch-perfect Voice And Rich Characters Have Endeared Her To Tweens, And Her Fans Will Flock To This Hip New Series Featuring A Clever And Lovable New Heroine, Maggie Brooklyn.

publishers Weekly

in The First Book In The Maggie Brooklyn Mystery Series, Margolis (boys Are Dogs) Introduces Dog-walker Maggie Brooklyn Sinclair, A 12-year-old Whose Middle Name Proclaims Her Parents' Move From Manhattan To Brooklyn, Which Was Necessitated By The Birth Of Maggie And Her Twin Brother, Finn. Filled With Authentic Borough References, The Book Opens With Standard Tween Concerns--getting The Courage To Talk To A Crush, Fuming Over A Friend's Betrayal--and Slowly Develops The Mysteries Maggie Must Solve. The Principal Whodunit Concerns A Dognapping, And Dogs Are Key Characters In Secondary Story Lines, Which Include The Progression Of Maggie's Crush And The Increasingly Strange Behavior Of Her Eccentric Landlady. Margolis Tries To Make Up For The Dawdling Start (the Main Mystery Isn't Introduced Until Nearly A Third Of The Way In) By Including A Few Red Herrings And Then Rapidly Tying Up All The Loose Ends In A Speedy, Though Credible, Resolution. Maggie Is A Friendly And Thoughtful Narrator With A Sharply Logical Mind; Readers Who Stick With Her Through The Opening Chapters Will Appreciate Her Intellect And Bravery, And Applaud Her Success. Ages 8 12. (oct.)

Don't miss the third book in the Maggie Brooklyn Mystery series, which Discovery Girls calls, "A barking good mystery." "Take your cookies elsewhere." That's what the note said in neat, block-like print, attached to a box of Girl Scout Cookies. Someone is out to sabotage the new sweet shop in the neighborhood, and Maggie Brooklyn is on the case. If only she weren't so freaked out herself lately. Maggie's new babysitting gig has her and her twin brother Finn hanging out in what they fear may be a real haunted mansion. And it's hard to solve real life mysteries when you think you're seeing ghosts! Don't miss these other stories by Leslie Margolis: The Maggie Brooklyn Mysteries Girl's Best Friend Vanishing Acts Secrets at the Chocolate Mansion The Annabelle Unleashed series Boys Are Dogs Girls Acting Catty Everybody Bugs Out One Tough Chick Monkey Business When a movie starring tween heartthrob Seth Ryan starts filming in Park Slope, everyone gets movie mania-including Maggie Brooklyn Sinclair. Though her plans to become a movie extra don't quite work out, Maggie manages to capture Seth's attention and he seeks her out at the Pizza Den to talk. But just when Maggie's life is feeling like a romantic comedy, Seth disappears! Everyone thinks he's been kidnapped, but Maggie knows better. . . . This young Nancy Drew is back, along with her twin brother and dog-walking business, in a second mystery that shines a spotlight on her super-sleuth skills. Leslie Margolis's pitch-perfect tween voice will leave fans begging for more of this loveable heroine. Maggie Brooklyn is distracted from solving the mystery of who is out to sabotage the new sweet shop in the neighborhood because her new dogsitting job has her and her twin brother Finn spending time in what may be a real haunted mansion. Maggie Brooklyn is distracted from solving the mystery of who is out to sabotage the new sweet shop in the neighborhood because her new dogsitting job has her and her twin brother, Finn, spending time in what may be a real haunted mansion. Book #3 " Take your cookies elsewhere." That's what the note said in neat, block-like print, attached to a box of Girl Scout Cookies. Someone is out to sabotage the new sweet shop in the neighborhood, and Maggie Brooklyn is on the case. If only she weren't so freaked out herself lately. Maggie's new dogsitting gig has her and her twin brother Finn hanging out in what they fear may be a real haunted mansion. And it's hard to solve real life mysteries when you think you're seeing ghosts! "Maggie Brooklyn is distracted from solving the mystery of who is out to sabotage the new sweet shop in the neighborhood because her new dogsitting job has her and her twin brother Finn spending time in what may be a real haunted mansion."-- (Source of summary not specified) Life is confusing for seventh-grader Maggie, who must track down a missing person and find out who is behind a string of dog eggings at the local dog run, while also dealing with issues involving her brother, two of her friends. Maggie Brooklyn Sinclair, who works after school as a dog-walker, looks into a case of kidnapped dogs, even though it means possibly helping Ivy, her ex-best friend, to help recover her rescue dog, Kermit In Brooklyn, New York, twelve-year-old dog-walker Maggie, aided by her twin brother Finn and best friend Lucy, investigates someone she believes is stealing pets.