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    Jem's Frog Fiasco
    Jem's Frog Fiasco
    Jem's Frog Fiasco
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    Jem's Frog Fiasco

    By Susan K. Marlow

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    Jem needs to buy food for his dog, Gold Nugget. But try as he may, his panning just never leads to gold. When he asks for a job, Mr. Sims, the café owner, sends him out to catch bullfrogs for the menu. Money and frog catching--what a great solution for this active boy!

    But Nugget and Jem's little sister, Ellie, get in the way and ruin his plans. When he argues with Ellie, she stomps off in a huff, and Jem can get back to work. He heads home with a bucket full of frogs and the knowledge that he'll have plenty of cash for Nugget's food.

    There's just one big problem--no one knows where Ellie has gone. She's disappeared! Search parties go out, but no matter where they look, there's no sign of her. And Jem knows that it's all his fault for yelling at her. Can he find Ellie before it's too late?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKregel Publications
    Release dateOct 15, 2019
    ISBN9780825476266
    Jem's Frog Fiasco
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    Susan K. Marlow

    Susan K. Marlow is always on the lookout for a new story, whether she's writing books, teaching writing workshops, or sharing what she's learned as a homeschooling mom. The author of the Circle C Adventures series and the Circle C Beginnings series, Susan enjoys relaxing on her fourteen-acre homestead in the great state of Washington. Readers can find supplemental material for the Circle K Series and Goldtown Series at circlecadventures.com.

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      Jem's Frog Fiasco - Susan K. Marlow

      CHAPTER 1

      The Best Dog

      A cold, wet nose jerked Jem Coulter awake.

      Jem sat up and threw back his covers. Nugget! How did you sneak in here?

      He looked around. Mama did not want their new dog inside the tent.

      Not even if Nugget stayed clean. Not even if Jem’s little sister, Ellie, asked a hundred times.

      No sirree! Mama always shooed the dog outside.

      Jem got dressed in a hurry. Come on, he said. Before Mama sees you.

      Nugget’s golden tail swished back and forth. He followed Jem through the tent flap and into the April sunshine.

      Mama was sliding a pie into her big, black cookstove. Smoke puffed out of the stovepipe. Bowls of dried blueberries sat on the work table.

      Mama baked pies every Saturday. All the miners loved her pies.

      So did the café owners, and everybody else in Goldtown.

      Mama slipped two more pies in the oven. She shut the heavy iron door.

      Then she turned around and put her hands on her hips. How many times have I told you to keep that dog out of the tent?

      Jem’s eyebrows went up. How did she know Nugget had sneaked inside?

      He woke me up, Jem explained. He must have pushed open the tent flap.

      I think he had help. Mama smiled. I saw your sister run off to the creek a minute ago.

      Jem laughed. Leave it to Ellie to think of a way to wake him up.

      He hugged Nugget. You are the best dog. Even if Mama doesn’t like to feed you.

      Every day, Mama watched to make sure Jem didn’t share his food with the fast-growing dog. She frowned when Nugget ate supper leftovers.

      The chickens should get those, she always said when Pa scraped the plates.

      They don’t need Nugget’s scraps, Pa told her. They can eat grain and leftover mush.

      Hurrah for Pa!

      But even after three weeks of eating table scraps, Jem could still feel Nugget’s sharp ribs.

      After breakfast, Jem dumped a scoop of grain in the chicken coop. The rooster and five hens squawked and jumped out of the way.

      Then they scratched the dirt to find every bit of food.

      Jem grabbed his gold-mining pan and headed for his very own gold claim next to Cripple Creek.

      He waved to Pa, who stood with their miner friend Strike-it-rich Sam.

      Pa waved back. Then he grabbed the handle of a long wooden box and rocked it back and forth.

      Strike dumped a bucket of dirt, water, and gravel into a big square hole on top.

      The rocker box was supposed to make it easier to find gold.

      So far, it hadn’t worked very well.

      Jem squatted next to

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