Mercy Watson Fights Crime

Mercy's back for a third rollicking adventure

Leroy Ninker is a small man with a big dream: he wants to be a cowboy, but for now he's just a thief. In fact, Leroy is robbing the Watsons' kitchen right this minute As he drags the toaster across the counter - screeeeeech - and drops it into his bag - clannngggg - little does he know that a certain large pig who loves toast with a great deal of butter is stirring from sleep. Even less could he guess that comedy of errors (not to mention the buttery sweets in his pocket) will soon lead this little man on the wild and raucous rodeo ride he's always dreamed of Nosy neighbors, astonished firemen, a puzzled policeman, and the ever-doting Watsons return for a new tongue-in-snout adventure about Kate DiCamillo's delightfully single-minded pig.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 08/22/2006
ISBN: 9780763625900
Pages: 70
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 8.38h x 6.64w x 0.53d
Award: Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award - Honor Book

Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 08/01/2006 pg. 784
Booklist 10/15/2006 pg. 44
PW Notes and Reprints 11/06/2006 pg. 64
School Library Journal 11/01/2006 pg. 90
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2007 pg. 55 - Recommended, Satisfactory

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 107765 / Mercy Watson Fights Crime
Reading Level: 2.6 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5