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Its the eighth inning! The Missing Marlin is book 8 in our early chapter book mystery series, where each book is set in a different American ballpark!Mike and Kate are in Miami visiting Kates Uncle Oliverand the Miami Marlins ballpark, of course! Uncle Oliver is in charge of keeping the new fish tanks at the ballpark fully stocked, but strange things keep happening. Kate swears she saw an endangered sea turtle in one of the tanks. Then some of Uncle Olivers rare fish go missing, including his favorite, Marlin. Something fishy is going on in Miami!The Missing Marlin includes several pages of Dugout Notes, fun facts about Miamis recently built ballpark with its homerun statue, fish tanks, and swimming pool.Cross Ron Roys A to Z Mystery series with Matt Christophers sports books and you get the Ballpark Mysteries fun, puzzling whodunits aimed at the younger brothers and sisters of John Feinstein fans.
About the Author
David A. Kelly is the author of many children's books and series, including: the BALLPARK MYSTERIES series and the MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS (MVP) series from Random House, as well as BABE RUTH AND THE BASEBALL CURSE and the picture book MIRACLE MUD.
In addition, Mr. Kelly is the Business Travel Expert for About.com, a travel writer for the New York Times, Boston Globe, Chicago Sun-Times, and a technology analyst/writer for the New York Times, Microsoft, Oracle, Symantec, and many other corporate magazines.
