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The Chameleon Wore Chartreuse

by Bruce Hale
Bruce Hale
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Chet Gecko loves a good mystery. Almost more than he loves his fee—stinkbug pie.
So when fellow fourth grader Shirley Chameleon asks him to find her missing brother, Billy, Chet expects the case to be as easy a pie. But Billy's disappearance is part of a larger plot, one that involves the Rat Sisters, a riddling junkyard dog, and a vicious Gila monster named Herman. If Chet doesn't solve the case fast, the entire school could be humiliated. Worst of all, Chet might not get his fee. And Chet's hungry. . . .

  • Creators

  • Series

    Chet Gecko

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    April 1, 2001

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9780547564142

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9780547564142
      • File size: 22445 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 3.5
    • Lexile® Measure: 480
    • Interest Level: 4-8(MG)
    • Text Difficulty: 0-2

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      April 3, 2000
      Hale (How the Gecko Lost His Tail) launches a mild new mystery series starring fourth-grade gumshoe Chet Gecko, who searches for a missing chameleon named Billy. "Some cases start rough, some cases start easy. This one started with a dame. (That's what we private eyes call a girl.)" Shirley Chameleon, wearing a chartreuse scarf, hires Chet (for the price of a piece of stinkbug pie) to locate her brother, last seen with an angry Gila monster named Herman. As he follows clues through the school and encounters an eclectic menagerie of students and teachers, Chet's comical asides form a tongue-in-cheek satire of hard-nosed Sam Spade types, while other jokes opt for broader humor (e.g., one chapter heading reads, "To Grill a Mockingbird"). The position of lead detective fluctuates between the private eye and his good friend Natalie Attired, the "smartest mockingbird around." This light, humorous fare offers a fairly transparent mystery that may not wow whodunit fans, but beginning readers especially will appreciate the offbeat, likable cast and quirky comedy and may well look forward to Gecko's second case, The Mystery of Mr. Nice, scheduled for release in August. Ages 8-12.

    • Publisher's Weekly

      April 30, 2001
      . Fourth-grade gumshoe Chet Gecko and his smart sidekick, Natalie Attired, search for a missing chameleon in the first whodunit, and follow up their suspicions that the principal is up to something in the second. PW
      said, "Beginning readers especially will appreciate the offbeat, likable cast and quirky comedy." Ages 8-12.

Formats

  • Kindle Book
  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB ebook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:3.5
  • Lexile® Measure:480
  • Interest Level:4-8(MG)
  • Text Difficulty:0-2

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