{"product_id":"smashie-mcperter-and-the-shocking-rocket-robbery-9781536236200","title":"Smashie McPerter and the Shocking Rocket Robbery","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"The story is fast-paced, the chapters are filled with appealing characters, and potentially unfamiliar words are clearly explained. . . . Young readers will be happily caught up in the duo's latest mystery.\" --\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSmashie McPerter and her classmates from Room 11 are going on a field trip to the planetarium! Nobody is more excited than Smashie's best friend, Dontel, who dreams of becoming an astrophysicist. In fact, Dontel has even created an accurate drawing of a working rocket, piloted by his and Smashie's favorite action figure, Brainyon. In a surprise move, Dontel's grandmother, who's chaperoning, brings the rocket drawing with her to enter into the planetarium's science contest. But in a shocking turn of events, the drawing goes missing before they get there! Smashie is on the case. But the suspect list keeps growing--prankster Billy, who prefers The Haddock over Brainyon; tight-lipped Tatiana, who's wearing a NASA T-shirt; and . . . Smashie herself? Nobody is above suspicion in this third hilarious and clever Smashie McPerter mystery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eN. GRIFFIN \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of the Smashie McPerter series, as well as \u003ci\u003eThe Whole Stupid Way We Are\u003c\/i\u003e, for which she was named a \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003eFlying Start author. Her other books include \u003ci\u003eJust Wreck It All \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTrigger\u003c\/i\u003e. She received her MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKate Hindley\u003c\/b\u003e is a children's book illustrator living and working in the U.K. She worked as a print designer before illustrating her first book, Claire Freedman's \u003ci\u003eThe Great Snortle Hunt\u003c\/i\u003e, which was nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal. Since then, she has illustrated a number of books, including the Smashie McPerter chapter books, \u003ci\u003eThe Same But Different Too\u003c\/i\u003e by Karl Newson, and \u003ci\u003eDon't Call Me Choochie Pooh!\u003c\/i\u003e by Sean Taylor.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Candlewick Press (MA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51183554265362,"sku":"9781536236200","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a609fd50-6f26-4b4c-a427-3c8afb0d09ac.jpg?v=1744470068","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/smashie-mcperter-and-the-shocking-rocket-robbery-9781536236200","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}