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    Field Trip Mysteries: On the Bus, On the Case
    Field Trip Mysteries: On the Bus, On the Case
    Field Trip Mysteries: On the Bus, On the Case
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    Field Trip Mysteries: On the Bus, On the Case

    By Steve Brezenoff and Chris Canga

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    Four fun kids find themselves in the middle of a mystery on every school field trip they take! Visual and verbal clues are sprinkled throughout the story to help the reader solve the mystery before the kids do.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCapstone Young Readers
    Release dateApr 1, 2014
    ISBN9781434298812
    Field Trip Mysteries: On the Bus, On the Case
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    Steve Brezenoff

    Steve Brezenoff is the author of the young adult novels The Absolute Value of -1, which won the IPPY Gold Medal for young adult fiction, and Brooklyn, Burning, which was named a Kirkus Reviews Best Book, was a Best Fiction for Young Adults selection by the American Library Association, and won the ForeWord Book of the Year Gold Medal for young adult fiction. Born on Long Island, Steve now lives in Minneapolis with his wife, Beth, and their son and daughter, Sam and Etta. His main is a Blood Elf monk, but he's been known to run a Night Elf priest from time to time.

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      Field Trip Mysteries - Steve Brezenoff

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      ART MUSEUM:

      THE PAINTING THAT WASN’T THERE

      OLD-TIME TOWN:

      THE VILLAGE THAT ALMOST VANISHED

      RECYCLING PLANT:

      THE TEACHER WHO FORGOT TOO MUCH

      ZOO:

      THE ZOO WITH THE EMPTY CAGE

      Literary News

      Arts & Entertainment

      STUDENTS

      James Shoo

      A.K.A: Gum-Is this because chews a lot of gum?

      D.O.B: November 19th

      POSITION: 6th Grade

      INTERESTS:

      Gum-chewing, field trips, and showing everyone what a crook Anton Gutman is.

      KNOWN ASSOCIATES:

      Archer, Samantha; Duran, Catalina; and Garrison, Edward.

      NOTES:

      Mr. Spade has made an effort to stop James from chewing gum in class. We fear he cannot be stopped.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Chapter One

      GUM SHOO

      Chapter Two

      MY FRIENDS

      Chapter Three

      ART CLASS

      Chapter Four

      THE MUSEUM

      Chapter Five

      THE SUSPECTS

      Chapter Six

      BATHROOM BUST

      Chapter Seven

      AHA!

      Chapter Eight

      CASE CRACKED!

      CHAPTER ONE

      GUM SHOO

      My name is James Shoo.

      No one calls me that, though. Everyone calls me Gum instead.

      Kids who don’t know me too well think that’s because I always chew gum, but they’re wrong.

      I mean, I do always chew gum. Gum is probably my favorite thing in the world. I love almost every flavor I’ve ever tried: watermelon, green apple, cotton candy . . . you name it. So I do chew gum pretty much nonstop when I’m awake.

      My mom makes me eat other foods too, of course. It’s hard to eat food of any kind while chewing gum. But once I finish eating, it’s right back to the gum.

      Still, that’s not why I’m called Gum. Anton Gutman, this total dork in our class, says it’s because gum rhymes with dumb. That’s one of many reasons my friends and I don’t like Anton Gutman.

      My best friends know the real reason I’m called Gum. Actually, my friend Sam — Samantha Archer, that is — gave me the name.

      Sam lives with her grandparents, and she watches old detective movies with them all the time. So she’s always using funny words and phrases normal people haven’t said in like a hundred years. Gumshoe is one of those words, I guess.

      Anyway, she started calling me Gum Shoo after our first adventure. That’s what this story is about.

      It all started in Ms. Stanwyck’s art class.

      CHAPTER TWO

      MY FRIENDS

      Every Monday afternoon, my sixth-grade class has art class. We get to leave our normal classroom and go down to the art room.

      I love Monday afternoons. Pretty much everyone does. It’s fun to leave Mr. Spade’s class and go to Ms. Stanwyck’s art class.

      Her classroom is colorfully decorated, with paintings and photographs. It’s different from our normal classroom.

      I like Ms. Stanwyck because she never gives me a hard time about chewing gum in class.

      My friend Egg loves art class more than most of us. He’s really into photography, and some weeks, we take pictures.

      I really hope that Ms. Stanwyck is going to have us do photography today, Egg whispered to me as we headed down the hall.

      Egg wasn’t named for his favorite breakfast. His real name is Edward G. Garrison: E.G.G. So everyone just calls him Egg. Besides loving photography, he’s also pretty much the shortest kid in our grade.

      We were following single-file behind Mr. Spade, our teacher. Egg was walking right behind me. In front of me was our friend Cat, and in front of Cat was Sam.

      Sam is the tallest kid in our grade. She’s taller than Mr. Spade, even.

      You always say that! Sam said to Egg. We can’t do photography in art class every week!

      Egg shrugged. I don’t see why not, he said. He raised his camera and snapped a photo of Sam.

      That camera was always around Egg’s neck. It’s digital, but it’s huge. It looks funny on such a little guy. It’s almost bigger than he is.

      It doesn’t matter anyway, Cat said. Don’t you remember? We’re looking at paintings today.

      Oh, that’s right, I said.

      Right before we reached Ms. Stanwyck’s class, I reached into my pocket and pulled out a fresh piece of gum. Orange-flavored gum, to be exact. The one in my mouth was losing its flavor: root beer float.

      Ms. Stanwyck told us last week that we’d be looking at paintings, Cat reminded us. Sorry, Egg, no photography today.

      Oh well, Egg said. Maybe next time. I guess paintings could be cool too.

      We didn’t realize it then, but our adventure was about to begin.

      CHAPTER THREE

      ART CLASS

      When everybody reached the art class and sat down, Ms. Stanwyck gave us all a big smile.

      She’s a very nice lady. She’s about as old as the hills, and she’s even shorter than Egg. She always has a pair of old glasses hanging around her neck.

      Let’s start by looking at a couple of paintings, our teacher said. Ms. Stanwyck switched off the lights and switched on the projector.

      Each of these paintings is considered a masterpiece, she said. They have something else in common, though.

      The first painting was of a man and his dog. The man was carrying a basket under one arm. The painting looked very old.

      This one is called ‘After the Hunt,’ Ms. Stanwyck said. It’s by Jan Weenix. He painted it in 1665.

      Aw, cute, a doggy! Cat called out. Some kids laughed. Cat sat back and smiled. She loves animals.

      Wait, what’s in the basket? Sam added, leaning forward.

      Whoa, it’s a bunch of dead birds, I pointed out.

      Cat’s jaw dropped. And is he also carrying a dead bunny? she asked.

      That’s right, Ms. Stanwyck replied. Remember, it’s called ‘After the Hunt.’

      I don’t like it, Cat whispered.

      Ms. Stanwyck clicked her controller and the next slide came up. This one looked like the inside of a barn. There were some people and horses.

      Ooh, horses! Cat exclaimed.

      This painting is my favorite, Ms. Stanwyck said. It is by a man named George Morland.

      I looked at the painting.

      It’s called ‘The Inside of a Stable,’ from 1791, Ms. Stanwyck went on. It’s considered Morland’s finest work. Many young artists have made copies of it as they learned how to paint.

      Ms. Stanwyck stopped and looked around the class. Have any of you figured out what all of these paintings have in common? she asked us.

      Sam raised her hand. "Is it

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