A to Z Mysteries: The School Skeleton (7 page)

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Text copyright © 2003 by Ron Roy
Illustrations copyright © 2003 by John Steven Gurney
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Roy, Ron.
The school skeleton / by Ron Roy ; illustrated by John Steven Gurney.
p. cm. — (A to Z mysteries)
SUMMARY:
At Green Lawn Elementary, the entire school becomes involved in a mystery when Mr. Bones, the skeleton in the nurse’s office, disappears.
eISBN: 978-0-307-54543-5
[1. Skeleton—Fiction. 2. Lost and found possessions—Fiction. 3. Schools—Fiction. 4. April Fools’ Day—Fiction. 5. Mystery and detective stories.] I. Gurney, John, ill. II. Title.
PZ7.R8139 Sc 2003     [Fic]—dc21     2002008918

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