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    Mariella Mystery Investigates the Mystery of the Cursed Poodle
    Mariella Mystery Investigates the Mystery of the Cursed Poodle
    Mariella Mystery Investigates the Mystery of the Cursed Poodle
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    Mariella Mystery Investigates the Mystery of the Cursed Poodle

    By Kate Pankhurst

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSourcebooks
    Release dateSep 1, 2014
    ISBN9781438092881
    Mariella Mystery Investigates the Mystery of the Cursed Poodle
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    Kate Pankhurst

    Kate Pankhurst lives in Leeds with her family and spotty dog, Olive. She has a studio based in an old spinning mill where she writes and illustrates children’s books. Her projects have included the Fantastically Great Women series and Mariella Mystery Investigates series. Kate is distantly related to the suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst, something that has been an influence on the type of books she enjoys creating for children.

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      Book preview

      Mariella Mystery Investigates the Mystery of the Cursed Poodle - Kate Pankhurst

      9:00 AM

      PUDDLEFORD ELEMENTARY,

      MISS CRUMBLE’S CLASSROOM

      Today we get to see the famously cursed Pampered Poodle of Puddleford. Curses are totally mysterious, so the Mystery Girls are investigating the poodle for our Museum Mayhem project.

      PUDDLEFORD MUSEUM: Celebrating being one hundred years old. (Totally ancient.) They’re hosting the Museum Mayhem sleepover for our school on Saturday night! (This afternoon, our whole school is going on a research trip to the museum to help us prepare for Saturday.)

      THE CHALLENGE:

      To do a presentation about something from the museum’s collection. The team that does the best one will win a totally great prize – their work will be printed in the Northern Star, a really big famous newspaper. Poppy says if we win, this could really launch our detective careers.

      THE TARGET: PAMPERED POODLE OF PUDDLEFORD (REAL NAME: MISTY)

      Stuffed poodle that was once the much-loved pet of famous explorer Lady Penelope Amethyst Winkleton. After some creepy stuff happened with the poodle (more on that later), it was rumored that anyone who heard Misty’s bark would experience bad luck soon after.

      THE TEAM: THE MYSTERY GIRLS

      NAME: POPPY HOLMES

      ROLE: PRESENTATION PERFECTOR

      Really good at performing in front of people (she’s a champion synchronized swimmer). Says we’ve got the best chance of having the most exciting presentation because we’ve picked a cursed poodle to research.

      NAME: VIOLET MAPLE

      ROLE: FACT OR FICTION OFFICER

      Violet says that we will only win if our presentation is based on facts and we can’t get carried away thinking curses actually exist because most are just made up. (I think she’s a little scared.)

      NAME: MARIELLA MYSTERY

      ROLE: FANTASTIC FACT-FINDER

      I’ve had a lot of practice fact-finding during investigations. It’s totally going to help us win.

      BEWARE OF MYSTERY GIRL IMPERSONATOR: ARTHUR MYSTERY (AKA ANNOYING LITTLE BROTHER)

      Arthur is researching the Pampered Poodle’s Dog’s Eye Diamond collar. I know he’s only picked it so he can follow us around pretending he is a Mystery Girl. He never will be, though. Mostly because he does embarrassing stuff. Like making a junky cardboard diamond necklace he’s going to wear for the school trip.

      WHAT WE KNOW:

      WHO WAS LADY WINKLETON?

      Penelope Winkleton lived in Puddleford one hundred years ago and was famous for going on crazy around-the-world expeditions.

      She founded Puddleford Museum and filled it with fascinating objects from her travels.

      A MYSTERIOUS STRANGER:

      Lady Winkleton often told the story of how she got her poodle from a mysterious stranger. The stranger said she could have the dog on one condition – that she MUST remain forever devoted to it or terrible things would follow. Lady W. couldn’t imagine not being devoted to such a gorgeous dog, so she agreed.

      MISTY:

      When Misty died of old age, Lady Winkleton had her pet stuffed, and kept her in her living room so she could remember her forever. To avoid being damaged, the newly-stuffed Misty was left at home when Lady W. went on her next expedition.

      That’s when the bad luck started.

      MARYBELLE WIMPLE, LADY W.’S MAID: After knocking Misty over while dusting, she heard a bark and one of the paintings fell off the walls.

      Soon after, Marybelle was infested with a terrible case of fleas, fleas that could only have come from a dog. This was totally weird because there hadn’t been any living dogs in the house for weeks, only a stuffed one! Marybelle was convinced Misty had cursed her.

      GERALD SMYTHE, HEAD BUTLER: Bumped into Misty and heard a bark.

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