What's the Name of That Book??? discussion
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Too Smart Jones and the Buried Jewels
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SOLVED. YA Mystery Christian series. Girl tries to catch unknown thief, meets shy boy "Amos the turtle", judges him. Country, big family, middle school. Read 2000-2007. [s]
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Also, I'm pretty sure this series/author was not extremely popular. Set in the U.S.
Too Smart Jones and the Buried Jewels is the first book in the series.According to Archive.org, the third book, Too Smart Jones and the Pool Party Thief, mentions Amos the Turtle.
Rainbowheart wrote: "Too Smart Jones and the Buried Jewels is the first book in the series.According to Archive.org, the third book, Too Smart Jones and the Pool Party Thief, mentions Amos..."
Thank you so much!! That was the series! 😁
What's the Name of That Book???
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Uncertain about author's gender.
I think this was a new-ish book when I read it, and it's the first in a series. I never owned any others from the series, so I only know the plot of this one.
Main character is girl probably 11-13 years old, name starts with "J"; has strange nickname (shortened from her first name) that she may not like, but I can't remember. Her name makes me think of Junie B. Jones, and it's definitely not that.
Something is stolen from one of the tweens at her school/youth group?, and she tries to figure out who did it. I can't remember if this was specifically a mystery book or not, or if there was much sleuthing at all.
Everyone suspects a shy kid, Amos (whom they nickname "the Turtle" because of how he hunches his head). Amos and his family - I think - are new to the small-ish town. The girl "J____" meets his rather large family at one point; they live kind of in the country, past a long (broken?) fence in a field. Amos has a younger sister close to their age, I believe, and possibly a grandpa living with them.
SPOILER
Amos is not guilty; the protagonist finally nabs the thief at a lock-in or sleepover at the school or church. I think it was a yo-yo?? that was stolen. She put glow-in-the-dark paint on it, and they turn out the lights. The thief has glowing fingers. I think it was the meanest person in the school/church (a boy? a rich boy?) who was taking things.