The L.A. Dodger

6 best books like The L.A. Dodger (David A. Kelly): The Lucky Lottery, The Case of Hermie the Missing Hamster, The Empty Envelope, The Deadly Dungeon, The Bald Bandit, The Canary Caper

The Lucky Lottery

Author	Ron Roy
ISBN	0439332931

Dink and his pals Josh and Ruth Rose solve mysteries in the fun and wacky new series for the Stepping Stone line. When Dink writes to his favorite mystery writer, Wallis Wallace, inviting him to visit Green Lawn, he's amazed when the author accepts. But when the big day arrives, Wallace is nowhere to be...

The Case of Hermie the Missing Hamster

Author	James Preller
ISBN	0590691252

Jigsaw Jones solves mysteries for the kids in the neighborhood for a dollar a day. At the start of the novel, he is sitting in his tree house office working on a jigsaw puzzle when he is interrupted by his neighbor, Wingnut (so called because his ears stick out). Wingnut has lost his pet hamster, Hermie,...

The Empty Envelope

Author	Ron Roy
ISBN	0613077075

My daughter and I are sharing this series as audio books together in the car. On occasion, she invites the whole family into the story and tries to keep them updated and make them guess who did it.

This one was ingenious. My daughter and I spent quite a bit of time talking about the why's and how's...

The Deadly Dungeon

Author	Ron Roy
ISBN	0613048172

The sentence structure, writing, and/or narratioon was stilted at least in the beginning. The adults had some moments, in particular, where their dialogue was so off I could liken it only to someone inexperienced focused on getting the next part in and forgetting how to do so smoothly, or a placeholder...

The Bald Bandit

Author	Ron Roy
ISBN	0679884491

Help Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose solve mysteries from A to Z!

Kids love collecting the entire alphabet and super editions! With over 8 million copies in print, the A to Z Mysteries(R) have been hooking chapter book readers on mysteries and reading for years. Now this classic kid favorite is back...

The Canary Caper

Author	Ron Roy
ISBN	0679885935

This book is just one in a series written for each letter of the alphabet. It is an early reader series (ages 6 to 10) with simple plot, dialogue, and one full-page black and white illustration for each chapter. The three main characters, Din, Josh and Ruth Rose, are third grade friends that band together...