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Halloween is coming, and Dawn and her friends in the We ♥ Kids Club are almost as excited as the kids they baby-sit for. Then, just before the big night, a masked robber holds up a store in Dawn's neighborhood - and Dawn witnesses the getaway!
Even with Dawn's description, the police can't catch the robber, so Palo City's parents set a curfew until the thief is caught.
But that means trick-or-treating is off - and that means a lot of disappointed kids. Unless Dawn and the W♥KC can catch the robber themselves...
This was bang-on for our re-readathon, as the story takes place the week before Halloween. Huzzah for perfect choices!
( Lead with a pro )All in all, this was a pretty fun story. Dawn and the W♥KC don't get all Scooby Doo with their investigating, and ultimately do leave it up to the police to do their jobs - a rarity in the Mystery series. It was all fairly realistic for a BSC book, and I really appreciated that. The girls like to talk themselves up as detectives, but they are just 13 years old, after all. I think the author had a lot to do with this touch of realism, so kudos to Ellen!