Multiple-time New York Times–bestselling sewer surfing super-sleuths Mango & Brash are back in the eighth volume of the mega-smash-hit InvestiGators series!
The InvestiGators are back . . . to school?! Mango and Brash have always been a class act but can these alligator detectives convincingly go undercover as average middle-school students? Why has the super-spy organization S.U.I.T. been assigned protection detail for a small-town team mascot? Is it a coincidence that the school happens to be the same one that Agent Mango (just barely) graduated from? Is Mango’s family in danger? Will Brash pass home economics? Is Friday still pizza day? Find out in School Busted, the A+ return of the New York Times bestselling series by John Patrick Green! Read up, because there just might be a pop quiz later!
They run through the sewers and emerge in the bank bathroom. There they meet the bank teller who is holding an umbrella and says, “I brought the mayor to his safety deposit box, only to find it had been emptied . . . but not by the Mayor! InvestiGators, can you help us?” There are two clues in front of them.
Which should they follow?
They notice that the bank teller’s pockets are suspiciously full and make a distinct jingle when he moves. Question the bank teller!
On their way to the bank, Mango and Brash are stopped by a little boy who needs help rescuing his cat from a tree. Maybe this wasn’t the best disguise after all . . .
They find their way to the vault at where they encounter the head of bank security who says, “The mayor’s safety deposit box has been emptied . . . but not by the Mayor! InvestiGators, can you help us?” There are two clues in front of them. Which should they follow?
They look in the empty deposit box and see only a few cracker crumbs, and see more crumbs in a trail leading outside the vault. Follow those crumbs!
They notice a suspicious looking bank teller with an open umbrella that’s obscuring his face. But he’s indoors! And it isn’t raining! Question the bank teller!
The crumb trial leads to the lobby of the bank, where they discover CRACKERDILE munching on some crackers and preparing to make a deposit….both perfectly legal things for Crackerdile to do. Guess they were thrown off track!
The crumb trial leads to the lobby of the bank, where they discover CRACKERDILE munching on some crackers and preparing to make a deposit….both perfectly legal things for Crackerdile to do. Guess they were thrown off track!
When the Gators confront the bank teller, he drops his umbrella… revealing some telltale horns! It’s HOUDINO, that dastardly dinosaur in disguise! He’s stolen the mayor’s jewels, and all the cookies from the bank breakroom! How should they catch him?