The Clue Of The Linoleum Lederhosen

National Book Award winner M. T. Anderson has done it again! This second volume of Pals in Peril is as delightfully ridiculous as the first.

In need of a vacation after their last laser-beam-filled adventure, Lily, Jasper, and Katie have flown off for a restful stay at a distant mountain lodge, which just so happens to be hosting a gathering for characters from other middle-grade series novels. Two-the marvelous Manley Boys-look suspiciously like a pair of crime-solving bothers named Frank and Joe Hardy. Two others are a pair of boy-crazy twin sisters who attend a high school in some sweet valley somewhere. And then there are the Hooper Quints, who, along with a wealthy heiress's priceless diamond necklace, have suddenly gone missing. Does it surprise you that the supposedly 'on vacation' Katie, Jasper, and Lily are the only ones around who have the chops to solve this challenging mystery?

National Book Award winner M. T. Anderson has done it again with this second volume of his riotous and wonderfully weird new series.

About The Author

M.T. Anderson is the author of a number of celebrated books including the Thrilling Tales series, as well as The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume 1, The Pox Party, which won the National Book Award and a Printz Honor, and The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves, which also won a Printz Honor.

About The Illustrator

Kurt Cyrus has illustrated numerous celebrated picture books, including Buddy: The Story of Buddy Holly by Anne Bustard (Paula Wiseman Books, Mammoths on the Move by Lisa Wheeler, and his own Turtle Rex and Hotel Deep: Light Verse from Dark Water. He lives in Cottage Grove, Oregon.