Bicycle to Treachery: A QUIX Book

By Robert Quackenbush

World-famous duck-tective Miss Mallard unravels a dangerous smuggling operation in this engaging Aladdin QUIX mystery.

Miss Mallard runs into danger when she unwittingly uncovers a smuggling operation while on a bicycle trip across Holland.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Aladdin
• Release date: Jan 8, 2019
• ISBN: 9781534413993

Robert Quackenbush

Robert Quackenbush (1929–2021), the author and illustrator of more than two hundred books for young readers, was a graduate of the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles and also had a master’s degree in social studies and a PhD in childhood education. Quackenbush’s many books include the Henry the Duck series, Detective Mole, the Miss Mallard Mystery series, Pete Pack Rat, and the Sheriff Sally Gopher series. He was the three-time winner of the American Flag Institute Award for outstanding contributions to children’s literature and winner of an Edgar Allan Poe Special Award for best juvenile mystery. He lived in New York City with his wife, Margery, director of NAAP. Their now adult son, Piet, was the inspiration for many of the author’s books when he was growing up.

Book preview

Contents

Cast of Characters

What’s in Miss Mallard’s Bag?

Chapter 1: Gloomy Inn

Chapter 2: Secret Code

Chapter 3: Dutch Disguise

Chapter 4: The Sneezer

Chapter 5: SOS

Chapter 6: AAACHOO!

Word List

Questions

Acknowledgments

About the Author

For Piet and Margie, and now for Emma and Aidan

Cast of Characters

Miss Mallard: World-famous ducktective

innkeeper: Runs the gloomy inn

Julia Pintail: Secret agent who meets Miss Mallard at the inn

henchducks: Smugglers who are looking for secret agent Julia Pintail

farmer: Person who owns the farm where Miss Mallard seeks refuge

policeducks: Officers who arrest the smugglers

What’s in Miss Mallard’s Bag?

Miss Mallard has many detective tools she brings with her on her adventures around the world.

In her knitting bag she usually has:

• Newspaper clippings

• Knitting needles and yarn

• A magnifying glass

• A flashlight

• A mirror

• A travel guide

• Chocolates for her nephew