Minerva Clark Goes to the Dogs (20 page)

And then I saw it.

It took a minute to register.

On the back of the car windshield were written the words “Just Married.”

My deep appreciation goes to Chris Fletcher and Mitch Finnegan, two fine veterinarians who know about corgis and homing pigeons; Danna Schaeffer, best friend and best proofreader, ever; Melanie Cecka, Deb Shapiro, Stacy Cantor, and everyone at Bloomsbury Children's; Kim Witherspoon and David Forrer; Karen Rinaldi; Dawn Stuart and Regina Castillo; and, last but not least, Jerrod Allen, my in-house expert on capacitors, Bluetooth technology, and the mysteries of being an oldest older brother.

A word about the Oregon Humane Society: The Portland Humane Society, where some of this mystery takes place, is based on the Oregon Humane Society. Founded in 1878, OHS is one of the oldest animal shelters in the country. It now serves the needs of over 13,000 animals
per year, and has one of the highest animal adoption rates in the country. As Minerva will tell you, the facility is most excellent and the animals well cared for. For more information go to
www.oregonhumane.org
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Minerva Clark Gets a Clue

Copyright © 2006 by Karen Karbo

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Published by Bloomsbury Publishing, New York, London, and Berlin

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Electronic edition published in October 2012
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Karbo, Karen.
Minerva Clark goes to the dogs / by Karen Karbo.—1st U.S. ed.
p. cm.

Summary: Still enjoying her newfound self-confidence, a thirteen-year-old sleuth in
Portland, Oregon, tries to uncover a missing red diamond and gets herself mixed up with
a crooked animal shelter worker and some very strange animals.
[1. Portland (Or.)—Fiction. 2. Mystery and detective stories.] I. Title.
PZ7.K132Mk 2006 [Fic]—dc22 2006006428

First U.S. Edition 2006

ISBN 978-1-58234-678-6 (e-book)