Mudshark
Mudshark
Mudshark
Gary Paulsen
Mudshark is the go-to guy for any mysteries that need solving. Lost your shoe? Can’t find your homework? Ask Mudshark. That is, until the Psychic Parrot takes up residence in the school library and threatens to overturn Mudshark’s position as the guy who knows all the answers. The word in school is that the parrot can out-think Mudshark. And right now, the school needs someone who’s good at solving problems. There’s an escaped gerbil running rampant, an emergency in the faculty restroom, and all the erasers are disappearing from the classrooms.When Mudshark solves the mystery of who’s stealing the erasers, he discovers the culprit has the best of intentions. Now he has to think of a way to prevent the Psychic Parrot from revealing the eraser-thief’s identity. With a bit of misdirection and a lot of quick thinking, Mudshark restores order to the chaos . . . just for the moment.

Book Details

Genre: 

  • Fiction
  • Juvenile Fiction
  • Mystery

Age Level: 

  • 12 and up
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Do you have a problem? Did you lose something? Mudshark will help you find it. Mudshark, besides being the coolest kid in school, has a photographic memory, so he can solve any problem. Once someone lost their shoe and went directly to Mudshark. Mudshark remembered that the student lost their shoe right next to locker seventy-four on the right side of the hallway. Because Mudshark was so good at solving problems, he made his own detective agency. Then, a parrot shows up in the library and seems to outwit Mudshark.

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