The Orange Outlaw

A to Z Mysteries #15

by Ron Roy, John Steven Gurney (Illustrator)

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O is for Orange...
 
In the fifteenth book of the A to Z Mysteries—an early chapter book mystery series featuring strong boy and girl characters—an art thief is on the loose! Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are visiting Dink's Uncle Warren in New York City when a painting is stolen from his apartment. A trail of orange peels and an orange hair are the only signs that someone was there. Do the kids have enough clues to catch this crafty - and hungry - crook?
 
Each book includes a map and a letter from the author. Parents, teachers, and librarians agree that these highly collectible chapter books are perfect for emerging readers and any kid who love mysteries!
 


From the Trade Paperback edition.

Genres: Mystery, Fiction, Childrens, Chapter Books, Middle Grade, 2nd Grade, Audiobook

96 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

Ron Roy has been writing books for children since 1974. He is the author of dozens of books, including the popular A to Z Mysteries®, Calendar Mysteries, and Capital Mysteries. When not working on a new book, Ron likes to teach tricks to his dog Pal, play poker with friends, travel, and read thrilling mystery books.

Reviews

[Brent Ecenbarger · Rating 2 out of 5]

Early on in this book, there's a street fair where an orangutan is riding a horse. Later, an expensive painting is stolen, and a bunch of orange peels are left at the scene, as well as some orange hair that doesn't look human. The title of the book is The Orange Outlaw. As adults, my wife and I were able to figure out who the thief was right away, due to our superior intellect and years of consuming mystery television shows, movies and novels. Our 4 and 6 year old were unable to solve this mystery until the characters in the book did, once again proving our superiority to them within the household.

[Blue · Rating 1 out of 5]

Awful.

Spoilering all my specifics because this book is not worth the effort of sorting my comments.
- No 'casing' the apt nor time to train the orangutan on which window and how to get it.
- The bust/end was contraived garbage. There was no reason for the police to go there when they had said the police wouldn't even question the people without proof. There was no money thought for the hiring of the group - what if it wasn't them? Then the criminals never question the lack of decorations nor guests.
- Why not just have the police visit and question the Fowlers? It would be plausible if nothing else as witnesses by being the closest group to the back window.
- The downstairs neighbor doesn't mention the thief being short, extremely short.
- The uncle never once discourages the snooping or encourages caution.
- The children agree about taking the pony without any thought to asking parents, who will pay for feeding it, or how they will get it back home.

[~Silv (ilpianetadeilibri) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cari Piccoli Investigatori, siete la mia terapia anche nei momenti in cui sono molto giù, perché mi ricordate i periodi felici della mia infanzia... e questo mi basta 🫶🏼

[Shannon]

for for fun :)

[Kat V · Rating 3 out of 5]

Unfortunately, The Orange Outlaw is not a book about the President. The plot, however, is equally stupid. 3 stars

[Joyce T. · Rating 1 out of 5]

I didn't enjoy this mystery, but I'm glad I didn't read it right before bed. In other words, creepy.

-- This is a series review. --

I love this series. The kids are solving real mysteries around their neighborhood (as opposed to their siblings), and they find out things that the adults couldn't.

-- End series review --

[anjali · Rating 4 out of 5]

Title: The Orange Outlaw

Author: Ron Roy

Series: A to Z Mysteries #15

Rating: ★★★★

Summary: O is for Orange... An art thief is on the loose! Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are visiting Dink’s Uncle Warren in New York City when several paintings are stolen from his apartment building. A trail of orange peels, a missing pie, and an orange hair are the only signs that someone was there. Do the kids have enough clues to catch this crafty—and hungry—crook?

Review: Not as interesting as the others.

Things I Loved: Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose's teamwork.

Things I Hated: I never really got the mystery or why the guy did it... or why there were so many orange peels around the crime scene. Then again, I was only eight when I read the books...

[Janice · Rating 2 out of 5]

Three children visiting one's uncle in NYC work to unravel the threat of a Monet painting the uncle had been keeping for a friend. They find orange hair on a chair and orange peels near the balcony. They discover a picture of the painting in the alley under the balcony and more orange hair. They realize an oragutan climbed up to the apartment using the balconies as a ladder. They set a trap for the crooks.

[Elena Gussman · Rating 5 out of 5]

I don't think they should have put Mrs. Fowler in jail. She told the truth and it seemed like she was just going along with Mr. Fowler. She seems nice too.

[Lori Scadden · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice, short mystery for new independent readers. As a parent, it was an easy read in one night.

[Liz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ali liked the orangutan in this one!

[Cora S. · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was a so great 📚🐕🩷

[Emma · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thank you, Dink Duncan, Josh Pinto, Ruth Rose Hathaway, and Ron Roy, for the childhood memories. These books helped me to become a lifelong reader and lover of mysteries. Was anyone else reminded of Edgar Allen Poe's The Murders in the Rue Morgue?

[Keith S · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like this book because it is funny when the orange peels on the floor.this book would be perfect for 5th graders that like mystery books.If you like mystery book then you'll like this book because it is funny and fun to read.A teaser for this book would be that dink's uncles painting got stole a thief when their were at a block party at night.The person that was under their apartment said that she seen the thief on her deck.

[Simon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read these books when I was a kid and greatly enjoyed them, figured I'd give them a second read for kicks.

I certainly recommend any young mysteries fan devote time to this series, it's certainly a grand adventure for a young mind, the imagery of Ron Roy's words and his settings and unique character descriptions and personalities really help kids imagine a whole movie in their heads as they read each exciting page.

[Alison · Rating 4 out of 5]

*4.5 stars to split the difference between kids

6-year-old daughter says:
I liked it that much because it was funny. The thief turned out to be funny.

4-year-old son says:
5 STARTS! It was so crazy!

Mom says:
I had this solved on basically page 5 which says something because I don't usually try to figure out mysteries on purpose. But the kids loved it, so *shrug*

[Katie · Rating 2 out of 5]

My kids are trying to finish my 40 book challenge and 3 of them all needed a mystery book, so I found a short one to listen to in the car together. This was ok, but all the characters were confusing to keep track of. And the reader wasn't great. I'm not a huge mystery fan, but it was good to get my kids to try a few this summer.

[Anthony · Rating 3 out of 5]

While visiting his uncle Warren in New York, an expensive painting by Claude Monet is stolen from Warren's apartment while he, Dink, Josh and Ruth Rose are attending a block party. The only clues are a scattering of orange peels, a lone orange hair. It's up to the trio to solve the mystery, and theft of the painting before the owner returns to claim if from Dink's uncle Warren.

[Kim · Rating 4 out of 5]

Josh, Dink, and Ruth Rose are in New York City visiting Dink's Uncle Warren when a painting by Monet was stolen from his apartment. They find clues and find the they thief to be an unlikely suspect. This book was a fun one to read, my little family all thought it was someone different. I love the discussions we have and being surprised at the ending.

[Olga · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book was interesting. This book is about three kids and their uncle. The book is about a mystery and the kids should solve it. They called a detective to find some clues but the detective didn't help them. They found the mystery by themselves. (Daniel, 7yo)

[Matthew · Rating 3 out of 5]

This one was a little too obvious but still enjoyable. Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose head to Dink's uncle's place in NYC for the weekend and are involved in a stolen Monet painting a mysterious trail of orange peels, and a challenging mystery (not really) to solve. My rating - 3/5

[Chris Hays · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one threw my son for a loop. He has started trying to figure out the who did it when we ware in the early chapters....the vrime was not your usual noticable suspect here. It was also challenging for his 5 year old brain to get past the red herrings.

[Matthew Kearney · Rating 2 out of 5]

Block party

Look out for orangutans at the Green lawn block party ... One of them can be looking for oranges !

[Tara · Rating 3 out of 5]

These are always good mysteries. I found this one a little more predictable than some of the others, but I still liked it.

[Nam · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found it easy to guess the thief with the information given. I was very happy that both animals got rescued and given good homes.

[Gabriel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think the book was pretty good. The author did a good job confusing the reader on who the crook was.

[Ana · Rating 3 out of 5]

Muy infantil para mi edad...

[Reese]

Peel the oranges you ape.

[Vidyuth Gowtham · Rating 5 out of 5]

good

[Arnis · Rating 3 out of 5]

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