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Gus and Gertie and the missing pearl

Arriving for a vacation on Holiday Island, penguins Gus and Gertie stumble into a hotel full of Bad Guys and have a beautiful, valuable deep-sea pearl stolen from them.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Nixon, Joan Lowery
Other Authors:	De Groat, Diane (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : SeaStar Books, 2000.
Subjects:	Penguins > Juvenile fiction. Vacations > Juvenile fiction. Animals > Juvenile fiction. Mystery fiction > Juvenile.
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Summary:	Arriving for a vacation on Holiday Island, penguins Gus and Gertie stumble into a hotel full of Bad Guys and have a beautiful, valuable deep-sea pearl stolen from them.
Physical Description:	48 p. cm.
ISBN:	1587170221 158717023X (lib. bdg.)
Author Notes:	Joan Lowery Nixon was born in Los Angeles, California. She attended the University of Southern California where she received a B.A. in journalism and later an education certificate from California State. She has written over 100 mystery books for young adults. She is known for her Orphan Train Adventure Series and other titles including A Family Apart, The Seance and Other Side of the Dark. Her works have earned her the honor of being the only writer to win four Edgar Allen Poe awards and in addition, two Spurs from Western Writers of America. She was a past President of the Mystery Writers of America. She died from complications of pancreatic cancer on June 28, 2003, in Houston, Texas. She was 76. (Bowker Author Biography)