The Case of the Smiling Shark

Summary: Beagle and his friends are helping their teacher, Ms. Olesky, clean up a local pond. As they work, the friends are bothered by an older boy with a scary, sharky smile. Then Wesley falls in the water and discovers a silver dollar. When an elderly neighbor helps Wesley get cleaned up, he learns she has just been robbed. The friends put two and two together and learn the boy with the smile of a shark did the deed. With a little help from Ms. Olesky, they return the stolen property and make everything right.

Text Type: Realistic Fiction, Mystery

Theme/Topic: Conflict and Challenge, Adventure