by Ron Roy
“What’re they doing?” Ruth Rose asked.
“I’ll find out,” Jack said. He walked over to the group, with the kids following. Jack knelt on a pile of red dirt next to an old man. In front of them both were two deep holes in the ground.
“Two graves have been robbed this week,” the old man said to Jack. “My wife and I are afraid. She wants us to leave here now. She says we can’t stay near zombies.”
Text copyright © 2005 by Ron Roy
Illustrations copyright © 2005 by John Steven Gurney
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Roy, Ron.
The yellow yacht / by Ron Roy; illustrated by John Steven Gurney.
p. cm. — (A to Z mysteries) “A Stepping Stone Book.”
SUMMARY: Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose help catch the thieves who have stolen gold from Sammi’s parents, the king and queen of Costra.
eISBN: 978-0-307-54990-7
[1. Mysteries and detective stories. 2. Stealing—Fiction. 3. Kings,
queens, rulers, etc.—Fiction.] I. Gurney, John, ill. II. Title. III. Series:
Roy, Ron. A to Z mysteries.
PZ7.R8139Ye 2005 [Fic]—dc22 2004008066
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