Nate the Great and the missing birthday snake
(Book)

"World's Greatest Detective!"--cover.

SAMPLE TEXT: My name is Nate the Great. I am a detective. I have a dog named Sludge. He is a detective too. It was morning. We were in the kitchen. I was eating pancakes. Sludge was chewing on a bone. We heard scratching noises at the door. It sounded like a cat scratching. I opened the door. I saw Rosamond with her cat Super Hex. As always, Rosamond looked strange. So did Super Hex. Rosamond was pulling a wagon. Her other cats, Big Hex, Little Hex, and Plain Hex, were riding inside. The wagon looked like a birthday cake. Rosamond looked proud....We searched and searched. We found many, many things. Old toys, tires, books, candy wrappers, and orange peels, but we did not find UGG Chomp. Ouch! Rosamond yelled. I think a mosquito bit me. I think I was bit by a flea, Pip said. I was just bit by something that looked like a small bird, Oliver said.

Nate and his dog are invited to a birthday party where the birthday girl is bringing her four snakes, one of which goes missing.