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    Jigsaw Jones: The Case of the Smelly Sneaker
    Jigsaw Jones: The Case of the Smelly Sneaker
    Jigsaw Jones: The Case of the Smelly Sneaker
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    Jigsaw Jones: The Case of the Smelly Sneaker

    By James Preller

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    James Preller's wry, witty, Jigsaw Jones chapter book mysteries are once again available to inspire the next generation of young readers, featuring both new titles and classroom classics!

    The Case of the Smelly Sneaker

    It's girls versus boys in the biggest football game of the year! Jigsaw Jones is referee, while his partner, Mila Yeh, is coaching the girls' team. Bobby Solofsky has no doubt the boys will win, but the girls have a secret weapon. Then one of Bigs Maloney's sneakers goes missing, and Bobby wants to call off the whole game.

    Can Jigsaw and Mila find this sneaker thief in time to save the game?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateAug 8, 2017
    ISBN9781250110794
    Jigsaw Jones: The Case of the Smelly Sneaker
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    James Preller

    James Preller is the author of the popular Jigsaw Jones mystery books, which have sold more than 10 million copies since 1998. He is also the author of Bystander, named a 2009 Junior Library Guild Selection, Six Innings, an ALA Notable Book, and Mighty Casey, his own twist on the classic poem, “Casey at the Bat.” In addition to writing full-time, Preller plays in a men’s hardball league and coaches Little League. He compares coaching kids to “trying to hold the attention of a herd of earthworms.” He lives in Delmar, New York with his wife, three children, cats and dog.

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      Jigsaw Jones - James Preller

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      This book begins with a scene based on a memory, so I dedicate it to a place, Wantagh, Long Island, my childhood home.

      Chapter

      1

      Splaaaaatt!

      Eddie Becker grabbed my football jersey. Okay, Jigsaw. This is it. Tie score, he urged. If they score a touchdown now, we lose the game. You know what’s coming, don’t you?

      Yeah, I grimaced. Bigs Maloney, right up the middle.

      Joey Pignattano squeezed his eyes shut. Joey didn’t want any part of tackling Bigs Maloney. I didn’t blame him. We’d been trying to bring down Bigs all afternoon. It was like trying to tackle a refrigerator.

      Ouch. Even my bruises had bruises.

      I was so black-and-blue, I looked like a grape. I’d had enough football to last me through the winter—and it wasn’t even Thanksgiving yet.

      Bobby Solofsky clapped his hands together. He shouted, All right, let’s win this game! Solofsky was quarterback for the other team. He stood over the ball. Ralphie Jordan got set, waiting for Bobby to hike the ball. Ralphie was playing wide receiver. He was faster than a text.

      Joey Pignattano, my teammate, lined up opposite Ralphie. You wouldn’t hurt a guy with glasses, Joey bleated.

      I stood across from Bigs Maloney. It was my job to cover Bigs. After all, no one else wanted to do it. Bobby called out the signals, Ready, set, green thirty-nine! Blue twenty-six! Orange-orange, green-green. Hut-one, hut-two, hut-threee…

      "Oh, just hike the ball

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