Nate the Great and the Halloween Hunt (Nate the Great, No. 12) (U)

it Is Halloween Night And All The Kids Are Dressed In Scary And Funny Costumes. their Trick Or Treat Bags Are Getting Heavier.nate's Good Friend Rosamond Needs His Help. her Cat, Little Hex, Is Missing. little Hex Hates Halloween, So Maybe He's Hiding. or Is He Lost? nate And His Trusty Dog Sludge Take The Case And Hunt In The Night For Little Hex. they Pass Robots, Pirates, And Witches. but Where Will They Find Little Hex?school Library Journalgr 1-3-- Nate The Great And His Faithful Dog Sludge Solve Yet Another Mystery. This Time The Wily Detectives Accept The Case Of A Missing Cat On Halloween Eve. It Seems That Rosamond's Cat, Little Hex, Has Disappeared. Little Hex Hates Halloween And Likes To Hide Until All The Tricking And Treating Are Over, But This Time Rosamond Fears That Little Hex May Really Be Lost. Nate Investigates, Making His Usual Pithy Observations Along The Way. His Inquiry Even Takes Him To A Ramshackle Old House That May Be Haunted. But The Obvious Clues Lead Nowhere. The Detectives Are Stumped Until They Brainstorm Over Their Favorite Snacks: Pancakes For Nate And A Bone For Sludge. Once Again Nate's Keen Powers Of Observation And Deductive Reasoning Save The Day. Simont's Familiar Illustrations Are Appropriately Dark For This All Hallows Mystery. All The Regulars Are Back In Nate's Latest Mystery, And As Fresh As Ever. Readers Will Still Marvel At Nate's Brains, Ingenuity, And His Undying Devotion To Pancakes. Sharmat Makes Beginning To Read A Pleasure. --denia Lewis Hester, Chicago Pub . Lib .