White House White-Out (13 page)

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Text copyright © 2008 by Ron Roy
Illustrations and map copyright © 2008 by John Steven Gurney

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Roy, Ron.
White House white-out / by Ron Roy ; illustrated by John Steven Gurney.
  p. cm. — (A to Z mysteries. Super edition ; #3) “A Stepping Stone Book.”
Summary: When Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose visit Washington, D.C., just before
Christmas, they are inadvertently caught up in a kidnapping plot that was
intended for the president’s dog, but also involves the president’s stepdaughter
and her friend Marshall.
[1. Kidnapping—Fiction. 2. Dogs—Fiction. 3. Washington (D.C.)—Fiction.
4. Virginia—Fiction. 5. Mystery and detective stories.] I. Gurney, John Steven, ill.
II. Title.
PZ7.R8139We 2008 [Fic]—dc22   2007031560

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