b'Jem and the Mystery Thief LDTOWNBEGINNINSusan K. Marlow G O G SGOLDTOWN BEGINNINGS #3Jem cant wait for school to let out for the year. Is there anything more boring than class when you could be outside? When rich boy Will brings a coin collection to school, its an exciting treat. It isnt often the students get to see all that interesting money in one place.Then a silver dollar goes missing during recessand Jem is blamed! After all, hes the only one who went indoors on this sunny day. When a charm bracelet is stolen the next day, more fingers point his way.Jem knows he isnt the culprit. But how can he prove it? To clear his name, Jem sets a trap for the mystery thiefhis sisters gold locket lies in plain sight on his desk as bait. Will it go missing too? What if Jems good name is muddied forever?Jem Digs Up TroubleSusan K. MarlowGOLDTOWN BEGINNINGS #4Jem is turning eight years old. And theres just one thing he wants for his birthday: a prospecting trip with Strike-it-rich Sam. With his grown-up friend to watch out for him, Jems parents say yes. Its off for two weeks in the mountains to find gold!But this trip isnt going as planned. There are more tall tales from Sam than there are deep pockets of gold ore. And the map to rich dig-gings they brought along doesnt have any treasure at the end of it. Striking it rich is a lot harder than it looks.When they find an unexpected cache, things seem to be looking up. But Jem and Sam shouldnt count their gold nuggets before they get home. An injury, a bad detour, and other problems plague them. Not only are they empty-handed, they might never make it home at all!Susan K. Marlow is always on the lookout for a new story, whether sheswritingbooks,teachingwritingworkshops,orsharingwhat shes learned as a homeschooling mom. The author of the Circle C Adventures series and the Circle C Beginnings series, Susan enjoys relaxing on her fourteen-acre homestead in the northern central part of the great state of Washington.PAPERBACK $5.99RELATED TITLESJUVENILE FICTION / HISTORICAL / UNITED STATES / 19TH CENTURYJem and the Mystery Thief Jem Digs Up Trouble978-0-8254-4627-6$5.99 978-0-8254-4628-3$5.99Paperback5.25 x 880 pages Paperback5.25 x 880 pagesKregel PublicationsRights: World Kregel PublicationsRights: WorldMarch 17, 2020 March 17, 2020ISBN 978-0-8254-4627-6 ISBN 978-0-8254-4628-3Jem Strikes Gold Andis Pony Trouble978-0-8254-4625-2$5.99 978-0-8254-4181-3$5.999 780825 446276 9 780825 446283www.kregel.com 23'