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    The Spy Who Came North from the Pole: Mr. Pin, Vol. III
    The Spy Who Came North from the Pole: Mr. Pin, Vol. III
    The Spy Who Came North from the Pole: Mr. Pin, Vol. III
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    The Spy Who Came North from the Pole: Mr. Pin, Vol. III

    By Mary Elise Monsell

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    “The rock hopper penguin chuckled softly to himself, turned away from the diner, and disappeared into the fog. A moment later the lights in Smiling Sally’s Diner went out.”
     
    Could famous penguin detective Mr. Pin be involved in a crime? In another case, Cubs manager Walter Wavemin needs Mr. Pin’s help. Chicago sees double in the two pun-filled mysteries.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateFeb 16, 2016
    ISBN9781504029575
    The Spy Who Came North from the Pole: Mr. Pin, Vol. III
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    Mary Elise Monsell

    Mary Elise Monsell is the author of eight books for children, including Underwear! which has been in print for more than twenty years. She teaches gifted students in Illinois.

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      The Spy Who Came North from the Pole - Mary Elise Monsell

      The Spy Who Came North from the Pole

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      The sky was dark. The air was cold and foggy. It had been days since a rock hopper penguin had left the South Pole and made his way north to Chicago.

      A black wing pulled the bus cord at Wabash Street. The driver watched as the penguin stepped into the fog. Strange. He thought that penguin looked familiar.

      Mind your step, the driver said. The penguin snarled back.

      The door creaked shut and the bus headed west. The rock hopper headed north.

      He was mostly black and white, with long yellow plumes on both sides of his head. He carried a mysterious brown bag under his wing.

      Suddenly an elevated train screeched to a stop. A tall man in a trench coat came up to the railing and tossed a small box over the side. As the train screeched away, the rock hopper picked up the box. There was chocolate inside.

      Frango mints! he said out loud. He took a magnifying glass out of his brown bag and looked more closely. There was a note inside the box. The rock hopper quickly ate the chocolates, then read the note:

      CODEBOOKCLUEIN GARGOYLE

      He got the idea all right. The clue he was looking for was hidden in a gargoyle. Now he just needed to find the right one. But where? Those strange carved-stone creatures were on buildings all over the city. Not only that, but they were usually up very high. And penguins don’t fly.

      It was also a little strange that the clue to the whereabouts of the codebook was in a gargoyle to begin with. But in any case, his plan seemed to be working.

      Looks like I arrived in Chicago just in time, he said out loud.

      Just ahead was a diner—Smiling Sally’s Good Food. The penguin outside saw another penguin sitting in a booth near the window. I wonder, thought the rock hopper, what would have happened if that penguin had seen this box first?

      Too late, he said out loud again. "But on the other hand, maybe he should see it … or one almost like it."

      With sinister plans forming in his mind, the

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