Cam Jansen and the Secret Service Mystery
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Authors: David A. Adler
“I have to show Dr. Prell something,” Cam said. “It’s about the loud noise.”
Ms. Benson told Danny he could go. Then she whispered to Dr. Prell that Cam had something important to show her.
“Watch this,” Cam told Dr. Prell. Then she pushed the large yellow book off the desk. It fell to the floor, but it didn’t fall flat. First the edge of the book hit the floor. Then it landed on its side.
Dr. Prell was annoyed. She told Cam to pick up the book and get back to her seat. Cam picked up the book and said, “Didn’t you see what happened? Books don’t just fall. They must be pushed. And when they do fall, they don’t fall flat and don’t make a loud noise.”
Dr. Prell looked at Cam. Then she looked at the book. She pushed it off the desk. It didn’t fall flat.
“I think you’re right,” she told Cam. “Come with me. We’ll talk to one of the Secret Service agents.”
and the
Secret Service
Mystery
David A. Adler
illustrated by
Susanna Natti
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First published in the United States of America by Viking,
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Published by Puffin Books, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group, 2008
Text copyright © David A. Adler, 2006
Illustrations copyright © Susanna Natti, 2006
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Adler, David A.
Cam Jansen and the secret service mystery / by David A. Adler ;
illustrated by Susanna Natti.
p. cm. – (The Cam Jansen series ; 26)
Summary: Cam and her friend Danny help solve the mystery of a stolen pearl necklace when the governor comes to visit their school for the dedication of the new library.
[1. Schools—Fiction. 2. Governors—Fiction. 3. Mystery and detective stories.]
I. Natti, Susanna, ill. II. Title.
PZ7.A2615Caqkh 2006 [Fic]—dc22 2005033490
Puffin Books ISBN: 978-1-101-66212-0
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For Michael, Deborah, and Jacob
—D.A.
To my mother,
Lee Kingman, with love
—S.N.
HAPTER
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“Please, please, don’t put me in jail!” Danny called out.
The other children in the classroom turned and looked at Danny.
“Who’s putting you in jail?” Cam Jansen asked.
Danny stood by his desk. He spread out his arms and shouted, “I tell you, I didn’t do it!”
“What didn’t you do?” Eric Shelton wanted to know.
“They’ve come to get me! This is terrible! They’ve come to get me!”
“What are you shouting about?” their teacher, Ms. Benson, asked. “What didn’t you do? Who has come to get you?”
Danny pointed out the window.
Four police motorcycles, two long black cars, and a news truck had stopped by the front of the school.
“It’s the governor and the Pearls,” Ms. Benson said. “They haven’t come to arrest anyone. They’ve come to dedicate the school’s new library.”
Danny fell back on his chair. He looked up at the ceiling and sighed. “I thought I was a goner.”
The other children in Ms. Benson’s class rushed to the windows. They watched as the police officers got off their motorcycles and opened the door of the first black car. Two men and two women, each wearing a black jacket and black pants, and each holding a walkie-talkie, got out.
“They’re Secret Service agents,” Ms. Benson said.
The two men were tall. One was bald. The other had short dark hair and a mustache. The women were tall, too. One had long blonde hair. The other woman had dark hair.
The agents looked around.
The blonde woman tapped her hand on the roof of the car, and a man in a blue suit
got out. He smiled at the police officers and the people dressed in black.
“That’s Governor Zellner,” Ms. Benson said.
The governor went to the second car. He opened the back door, and an elderly couple got out.
“Those are the Pearls,” Ms. Benson told the class.
Eric looked at his watch and said, “They’re early. It’s only nine forty and the program starts at eleven.”
“I don’t think so,” Cam said. She closed her eyes and said,
“Click!
“The program starts in the new library at ten,” she said with her eyes still closed. “The fourth- and fifth-grade classes will be there. At eleven Governor Zellner will visit the first, second, and third grades. Then he’ll read stories to the children in kindergarten.”