A to Z Mysteries

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The Ninth Nugget By Ron Roy
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Author InformationRon Roy

• Ron Roy was born on April 29th, 1940 in Hartford,
  Connecticut.
• He loved to read books and study animals.
• He was a 4th grader teacher who started writing
  children stories, and in 1978 sold his 1st book.
• In 1997 he started writing A-Z Mysteries series
  and now writes Capital Mysteries.
• Ron Roy has written an award winning book called
  
• Whose Hat Is That?

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Why I decided to present this book?
Since I have all the A to Z mystery books, I
looked through them. The expression on the kids
faces on the cover of this book made it look
interesting to me.
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Other NovelsBy Ron Roy
A to Z Mysteries
Capital Mysteries
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Setting of the Book
The setting of the book is at a Wheat Ranch in
Bozeman, Montana.
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Conflict or Problem
The problem in the Ninth Nugget is the kids find
a huge gold nugget while they were panning for
gold, but it was stolen! The kids wanted to try
and find the thief before they had to go home to
Connecticut.
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Explanation of Characters
This series features three smart kids who solve
crimes and mysteries. They live in a small town
in Connecticut, called Green Lawn. The kids are
Dink Duncan, Josh Pinto, and Ruth Rose Hathaway.
They are third graders and live near each other.
They have hobbies, pets, and parents, but what
they love most is to solve a good mystery.
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Outcome or Solution
The outcome is that Josh, Dink and Ruth Rose
sneak in all the rooms at the ranch to search for
the gold. But when they peak in the window at
Eds cabin they see the gold nugget fall out of
his boot where he had hidden it. Before Ed could
sneak away from the ranch with the gold, Josh
tied him up with a rope when he came out from his
cabin. Then he took him to the main house to tell
everyone what had happened.
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Opinion
My reaction to reading this book was that gold
panning would be fun to try! The book was
interesting at some parts and scary at others.
The message I got from this book is people that
steal usually get caught, so dont steal or cheat.
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