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Nate the Great and the Missing Key

Written by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

Illustrated by Marc Simont

Juvenile Fiction - Mysteries & Detective Stories
· Yearling
· Trade Paperback · Ages 6-9
· August 15, 1982 · $4.50 · 978-0-440-46191-3 (0-440-46191-X)

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Nate the Great doesn't especially want to go to a birthday party for Annie's ferocious dog, Fang. But he can't resist a mystery--and when Annie loses her house key and can't get inside to set up the party, Nate and his trusty dog, Sludge, are hot on the trial.

Marc Simont has illustrated the first 20 books in the Nate the Great series. He lives in West Cornwall, Connecticut.