{"product_id":"9780152024857","title":"The Chameleon Wore Chartreuse : A Chet Gecko Mystery","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Chameleon Wore Chartreuse\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Bruce Hale\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChet Gecko loves a good mystery. Almost more than he loves his fee—stinkbug pie.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo when fellow fourth grader Shirley Chameleon asks him to find her missing brother, Billy, Chet expects the case to be as easy a pie. But Billy's disappearance is part of a larger plot, one that involves the Rat Sisters, a riddling junkyard dog, and a vicious Gila monster named Herman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf Chet doesn't solve the case fast, the entire school could be humiliated. Worst of all, Chet might not get his fee. And Chet's hungry. . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\"Zesty and entertaining. The combination of school details, animal classmates, and homage to Raymond Chandler is glib but broadly and sustainedly humorous. . . . Young readers . . . will want to scuttle along with this schoolyard sleuth.\" \u003cbr\u003e-The Bulletin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE MYSTERY OF MR. NICE\u003cbr\u003e\"Green-scaled gumshoe Chet Gecko hits his stride in this hard-boiled follow-up to The Chameleon Wore Chartreuse . . . Hale throws in wisecracks by the handful, terrible jokes . . . , and daffy clues. . . . Hold on to your fedoras: this gecko's going places.\"-Kirkus Reviews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780152024857\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Clarion Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41157067342030,"sku":"9780152024857","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780152024857.jpg?v=1652149599","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780152024857","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}