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Torrey, Michele.

The case of the gasping garbage / Michele Torrey;
illustrated by Barbara Johansen Newman.

    p. cm.—(Doyle and Fossey, science detectives)

Summary: Fourth-graders Drake Doyle and Nell Fossey combine their detective and scientific investigation skills to solve a variety of cases, involving a noisy garbage can, endangered frogs, a stuck truck, and a mysterious love letter. Includes a section of scientific experiments and activities.

ISBN 978-1-4027-4960-5

[1. Science—Methodology—Fiction. 2. Mystery and detective stories.]

I. Newman, Barbara Johansen, ill. II. Title.

PZ7.T645725Cas 2009

[Fic]—dc22 2008047456

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This book originally published in hardcover by Dutton Children’s Books in 2002

Published in 2009 by Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.
387 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016
Text copyright © 2001, 2009 by Michele Torrey
Illustrations copyright © 2001, 2009 Barbara Johansen Newman

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Sterling ISBN 978-1-4027-4960-5

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To my brother, John,
for all the “tough toenails”
and “holy cows”

And to my nieces and nephew,
Melinda, Jennelyn, Adrienne, Eleanor,
and Ryan, mad scientists in the making
M. T.

To my husband, Phil,
my lifelong partner in crime
B. J. N.

One • Monster Mission

Two • Great Gasping Garbage!

Three • Frog Hollow

Four • To the Rescue!

Five • A Dark Day

Six • Simply Stumped

Seven • A Teeny-Tiny Case

Eight • Desperate Measures

Activities and Experiments for Super-Scientists