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The runaway racehorse

Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose investigate the disappearance of a valuable racehorse that Dink's uncle and his friend, Forest Evans, have just bought and entered in a race at Saratoga.

Main Author: Roy, Ron, 1940-
Other Authors: Gurney, John Steven, 1962- (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Random House, c2002.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: A to Z Mysteries
Subjects:
Race horses > Juvenile fiction.
Horses > Juvenile fiction.
Larchmont (N.Y.) > Juvenile fiction.
Mystery fiction > Juvenile.
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Summary: Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose investigate the disappearance of a valuable racehorse that Dink's uncle and his friend, Forest Evans, have just bought and entered in a race at Saratoga.
Item Description: "A Stepping Stone book."
Physical Description: 84 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Audience: "Grades 2-4"--P. [4] of cover.
ISBN: 0375813675 (trade)
9780375813672 (trade)
037591367X (lib. bdg.)
9780375913679 (lib. bdg.)
Author Notes: Ron Roy was born in Hartford, Connecticut on April 29, 1940. After high school, he joined the Navy for two years. He received a Bachelor's degree in literature from the University of Connecticut and a Masters degree in teaching from the University of Hartford. He was an elementary school teacher for numerous years.

His first children's book, A Thousand Pails of Water, was published in 1978. Soon afterwards, he stopped teaching and became a full-time writer, but he still visits schools around the country. He is the author of the A to Z Mysteries series, the Capital Mysteries series, and the Calendar Mysteries series.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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