Scooter Spies

CLUES

an old steamer trunk

a howling beast

roasted garlic meatballs

Scooter Spies Max, Oscar, and Lily (and her pet chameleon, Speck) are up to their necks in mud in their latest case, The Ghost That Barked. While practicing their moves at a construction site, the scooter riders uncover a mysterious old steamer trunk -- and hear a wild howl in the night

A blue paw print leads the three friends directly into a daring museum escape, a secret scooter ride across town, and smack into a giant mountain of goopy, gloppy mud!

Michael Dahl is a theater director, actor, and comedian in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He has written poems, plays, and books, including the Scooter Spies mysteries: The Wheels That Vanished and The Ghost That Barked. He is also the author of the Finnegan Zwake mystery series: The Horizontal Man, The Worm Tunnel, and The Ruby Raven. Dahl has a wide variety of unusual creatures in his household: Venus's-flytraps, fiddler crabs, African dwarf frogs, an elementary schoolteacher, and an Australian red-heeler named Gus. But so far, no howling beasts! Michael Dahl loves to hear from his fans, and you can e-mail him at finnswake@aol.com.