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BOOK ONE
and the Secret Society
Somebody at Maplewood Elementary is picking kids for a secret society. Every card says the same three words: YOU ARE CHOSEN.
Tommy Rivera has a squirt gun that makes people tell the truth.
One squirt, one true answer. It wears off in about a minute.
and the Secret SocietySomebody at Maplewood Elementary is picking kids for a secret society. Every card says the same three words: YOU ARE CHOSEN.
Behind the gym there's a club with rules of its own. Tommy got picked, and now he has to decide what that's worth, and what his squirt gun can't do.
When I was eight years old, I created Super Squirt.
My family had moved a couple of times, which meant I knew what it felt like to be the new kid. I also had a name that, especially back then, other kids weren't used to hearing on a boy.
And kids can be cruel. When you're the kid sitting alone at lunch, it hurts.
That's where Super Squirt came from. He was the friend I needed. And in a lot of ways, he was the kid I wished I could be.
For more than forty years, Super Squirt was mostly a memory. But he never completely went away, and I realized it was finally time to tell his stories.
Carmen Acotto CrewFour kids. One squirt gun. A mystery in every book.
Wears a red cape to school every day.
Brings a clipboard.
Keeps everybody talking.
Can't sit still.
Read them in order and follow Tommy from the first envelope all the way to a barn up north. See the whole series in order.
and the Secret SocietySomebody at Maplewood Elementary is picking kids for a secret society. Every card says the same three words: YOU ARE CHOSEN.
and the Missing TreasureMr. Jenkins says there's treasure buried under Maple Park. Every grown-up in earshot laughs. Tommy doesn't.
and the Haunted HouseThe last house on Oak Street has been empty for a year and a half. Then something grey moves across the upstairs window.
and the Missing TurkeysForty turkeys went missing from Halvorsen's farm on Wednesday night. Everybody says coyotes got them.
and the Snow DaySchool's closed and the snow is up to the mailboxes. Katie says she walked Rosie home. But Katie never left the hill.
and the Christmas Tree MysteryEvery night, something happens to the town's Christmas tree. And nobody sees a thing.
and the New Year's SurpriseUncle Ray always calls on Christmas. This year, two strangers came looking for him instead.
Connects the DotsBen counts eleven puppies every night and twelve every morning. Ben has never miscounted.
The Adventures of Super Squirt is a series of illustrated mystery and adventure chapter books for readers 7 to 10. Underneath the laughs, every book is about the things kids that age are really working out:
Your child reads it for the mystery. The rest comes along for the ride.
Read the First Two Chapters FreeTakes about 3 minutesEight mysteries, one crew. Line them up on the shelf and see if your reader can crack the case before Tommy does.
1. Book One
2. Book Two
3. Book Three
4. Book Four
5. Book Five
6. Book Six
7. Book Seven
8. Book Eight
Every book is $14.99 in paperback, or $11.99 on Kindle. Tap a cover to get it.
ClubIt starts with the first two chapters of Book One: the envelope, the locker, the three words, and the squirt gun that makes people tell the truth. The club is for parents: the emails come to you, not your child, and as the club grows you get the extras first: printable mysteries, activity sheets, sneak peeks and new-book news.
Read the First Two ChaptersTakes about 3 minutes story?Fill in a case file on the Join the Adventure page and have a grown-up send it in. If the idea gets used, you're in the cast of characters.
Send Us Your MysteryBe kind.
Even when nobody's watching. Especially then.
Be brave.
Brave isn't not scared. Brave is scared and doing it anyway.
Include others.
Look for the kid standing on their own, and go get them.
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