David A. Adler > Quotes

“in his car and drove off. “Hey,” Eric said and pointed to a cab at the end of the line. It had a large dent in its hood. “The thief may be in one of the other smashed cars.” Cam looked at the cab with the dented hood. Then she saw another cab stop. A man got out. He was carrying a small suitcase. Cam looked at the front of the line. A woman and a small child got into a cab while the driver loaded two large suitcases into the trunk. Cam’s grandparents and the two police officers returned to the curb. Eric and Cam’s parents watched them look at each of the cabs. Cam didn’t. She closed her eyes and said, “Click!” As a cab at the front of the line drove off, all the others moved up. Others kept joining the end of the line.”
― David A. Adler, The Birthday Mystery

“Mr. Shelton thought for a moment.”
― David A. Adler, The Basketball Mystery

“said, “but I think you and your camera are pretty amazing, too.”
― David A. Adler, The Mystery of the UFO

“It was a warm summer day. Cam Jansen, her friend Eric Shelton, and Eric’s twin sisters, Donna and Diane, were waiting in a long line outside Lee’s Bookstore. They were all waiting to meet Poochie, the famous television dog. Cam pointed to a sign in the front window of the store. “It says that Poochie will be here at noon.” “That’s ten more minutes,” Eric said. Cam looked through the bookstore window. Inside there was a large table. Piled on one side of the table were books. On the other side there was a large photograph of Poochie and a sign that said: Buy The Poochie Story
the new best-selling book by the
star of the television program Hero Dog.”
― David A. Adler, Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Television Dog

“cam kept watching the woman.Then she whispered to Eric "that woman is hiding something.Shes wearing dark glasses and it isnt sunny out.Shes wearing a raincoat and its not raining.Theres sonthing in that bagthat shouldnt be there.Lets follow her .”
― David A Adler

“the picture, how many people are chasing the girl? 2. What is the girl carrying? 3. Does the girl have both her feet on the ground? 4. What are the man and woman holding? 5. Is the girl wearing socks? 6. Is the girl wearing polka-dotted shorts?”
― David A. Adler, The Sports Day Mysteries

“and I need a green shirt,” the man said into the telephone. “But not grass-green. It should be more like a traffic-light green ...” Eric came into the store. “I saw the milk truck. It rode right past me. The Milkman”
― David A. Adler, Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Dinosaur Bones