Nate the Great Goes Undercover by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat (1995, Paperback, Reissue)

Key Details
Author:	Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
Language:	English
Publisher:	Yearling Books
Format:	Paperback
ISBN-10:	0440463025
ISBN-13:	9780440463023

Additional Details
Edition Description:	Reissue

Size
Thickness:	0.2 in
Weight:	1.6 oz

Publisher's Note
A junior detective and his dog try to nab the creature that has been raiding a neighbor's garbage can

Nate the Great has his first night case! "Detective work is not fun and games," Nate explains. "Detective work is dirty garbage cans instead of clean beds. Detective work is banana peels, dishrags, milk cartons, floor sweepings, cigar ashes, fleas, and me..."

It's a tough case. Somebody is raiding Oliver's garbage can each night, but who? The list of suspects is long--Rosamond and Esmeralda, the girls down the street; Rosamond's cats; and all the shrews, moles skunks, birds, and racoons in the neighborhood. Nate courageousely encounters a skunk (nose first) and a telephone pole (head on), but not until he goes under cover of the garbage-can lid does he narrow the suspects down to one.