Chet Gecko's Big Box of Mystery: Three Hilarious Capers: The Chameleon Wore Chartreuse, The Mystery of Mr. Nice, and Farewell, My Lunchbag

by Bruce Hale

In these three wisecracking, sidesplitting mysteries from Chet Gecko's tattered casebook, the fourth-grade detective and his punning mockingbird partner, Natalie Attired, foil bad guys and evildoers . . . and still have time for a helping or two of stinkbug pie.

432 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2004

About the author

A serious book addict, Bruce wanted to be a children's book author since he was in 4th grade (right after he got over wanting to be a pirate, Tarzan, and Daniel Boone). Today he's the author-illustrator of over 70 seriously funny books for kids, so some dreams do come true.

The Malted Falcon, one of his Chet Gecko Mysteries series, was an Edgar Award finalist, and Murder, My Tweet won a Little D Award for Juvenile Humor Writing. Bruce has written everything from picture books and easy readers, to graphic novels and novels.

Bruce's recent Monstertown Mysteries series blends horror and humor, based on his childhood love of monster movies. His other series include Class Pets, about the secret lives of classroom pets, and the forthcoming Outerspace Mystery Pizza Club books, due in 2024.

A Fulbright Scholar (in Storytelling), Bruce is also a popular speaker, both in the U.S. and internationally. He lives in Santa Barbara with his wife and knuckleheaded dog Riley. When he's not writing or reading, you may find him hiking, kickboxing, or singing with a latin-jazz band called Mezcal Martini.

Reviews

[Joseph · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you set a goal than you might want to makke it before its to late.This book was about a mystery that they had to find a first grader that hadn't came to school for a while.So people got curious. from then on chet gecko set a goal.But of course there was a reward.He wanted to find the first grader by the end of the week[three days:].If he didn't, then he would not eat his moms special dessert that saturday.He was so close to solving the mystery until it came to the football teams time to get involved.READ THIS BOOK TO FIND OUT THE REST OF THE BOOK!

[Jepicfail · Rating 5 out of 5]

i used to LOVE these books!!!!