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Washed ashore as a baby in tiny Tupelo Landing, North Carolina, Mo LoBeau, now 11, and her best friend Dale turn detective when the amnesiac Colonel, owner of a cafe and co-parent of Mo with his cook, Miss Lana, seems implicated in a murder. nA Newbery Honor Book nAn irresistible Southern narrator--a literary descendant of Scout Finch of To Kill a Mockingbird. --Newsday n nRising sixth grader Miss Moses LoBeau lives in the small town of Tupelo Landing, NC, where everyones business is fair game and no secret is sacred. She washed ashore in a hurricane eleven years ago, and shes been making waves ever since. Although Mo hopes someday to find her upstream mother, shes found a home with the Colonel--a caf owner with a forgotten past of his own--and Miss Lana, the fabulous caf hostess. She will protect those she loves with every bit of her strong will and tough attitude. So when a lawman comes to town asking about a murder, Mo and her best friend, Dale Earnhardt Johnson III, set out to uncover the truth in hopes of saving the only family Mo has ever known. n nLook for all the Mo & Dale Mysteries: The Ghosts of Tupelo Landing, The Odds of Getting Even, and The Law of Finders Keepers nn n* A wickedly awesome tale...Mo LoBeau is destined to become a standout character in childrens fiction.--Kirkus Reviews, starred review n n* Turnages lively novel features a distinctive voice and a community of idiosyncratic characters.--Booklist, starred review n n* Here is a writer who has never met a metaphor or simile she couldnt put to good use.--Publishers Weekly, starred reviewn
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