The Ghost and Max Monroe, Case #2: The Missing Zucchini

By L.M. Falcone and Kim Smith

Someone has stolen the Zamboni sisters' giant zucchini, which was certain to win first prize at the Harvest Fair. Max Monroe is on the case, with the help of his peculiar sidekick – the ghost of his great-uncle Larry. They encounter a cast of unusual suspects. But who would – or even could – steal a two-hundred-pound vegetable? One thing is for sure: this isn't your garden-variety mystery!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Kids Can Press
• Release date: Apr 1, 2015
• ISBN: 9781771384506

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To young detectives everywhere

ISBN 978-1-77138-450-6 (EPUB)

Text © 2015 L. M. Falcone

Illustrations © 2015 Kids Can Press

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This is a work of fiction and any resemblance of characters to persons living or dead is purely coincidental.

Kids Can Press acknowledges the financial support of the Government of Ontario, through the Ontario Media Development Corporation’s Ontario Book Initiative; the Ontario Arts Council; the Canada Council for the Arts; and the Government of Canada, through the CBF, for our publishing activity.

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Edited by Yasemin Uçar

Designed by Marie Bartholomew

Illustrations by Kim Smith

Chapter icon illustrations by Andrew Dupuis

Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Falcone, L. M. (Lucy M.), 1951–, author

The ghost and Max Monroe. Case #2, The missing zucchini /

written by L. M. Falcone ; illustrated by Kim Smith.

(The ghost and Max Monroe)

ISBN 978-1-77138-154-3 (bound)     ISBN 978-1-77138-018-8 (pbk.)

I. Smith, Kim, 1986–, illustrator  II. Title.  III. Title: Missing zucchini.

PS8561.A574G463 2015     jC813'.6     C2013-908317-0

CONTENTS

Prologue

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Spot the Difference

Don't Miss Case #3 …

Praise for Case #1 …

About the Author

Answers to Spot the Difference

PROLOGUE

Max sat down beside his grandfather. "Your brother, Larry, is a ghost?"

Yup.

"And he haunts the detective agency in the backyard?"

Yup. Harry shot some whipped cream into his mouth. Sometimes he hangs around the house. But mostly, he sits in the coach house, bawling his eyes out.

I heard crying!

That’d be Larry. He likes to have a good cry around this time of day.

Max shook his head. Crying ghosts … haunted detective agencies … I’ll wake up any minute and everything will be normal.

CHAPTER 1

THE BIGGEST POOP I’VE EVER SEEN

Max woke up to the sound of a train whistle. The sound made him think of traveling, and traveling made him