The High-Rise Private Eyes #8: The Case of the Desperate Duck大厦里的私家侦探#8绝望的鸭子ISBN9780060534530

　　Mabel's Tea Room is missing a box of fancy sugar cubes! Butwho would steal sugar? And why? Thank goodness the High-RisePrivate Eyes, Jack Jones and Bunny Brown, are on the case!

　　*STRONG SERIES SALES: Sales of the series are more than250,000 copies! *ANOTHER FUN NEW STORY: Follow the trail of missingsugar cubes to...an igloo? *APPEALING CHARACTERS! WONDERFUL HUMOR!GREAT ART!: Best friends and neighbors Bunny (a rabbit) and Jack (araccoon) are an unbeatable slapstick team, depicted in livelyfull-color art, packed with visual clues. *RYLANT’S REPUTATION:Cynthia Rylant is a Newbery Award winning writer and her successful“Henry & Mudge” and “Cobble Street Cousins” series havepractically made her a brand name in the beginning reader market.*G. BRIAN KARAS’S FAN BASE: Karas’s recent books (Muncha! Muncha!Muncha!; Oh No, Gotta Go; and Atlantic) have received acclaim andnumerous starrred reviews, and have had strong trade sales*INTERNATIONAL HIT: Rights for the series have been sold in France,Italy, and Spain. *STRONG REVIEWS FOR THE SERIES: “Rylant isdead-on developmentally. [She] introduces young readers to theelements of a genre that continues to entertain long after the actof reading loses its mystery.”—School Library Journal “The humor isexactly on track for the early elementary grades. It’s no mysterywhy this series is successful.”—Kirkus Reviews “Case closed: Thesebooks provide plenty of easy-reading fun.”—