Books like Benny Uncovers a Mystery by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Two brothers take summer jobs at a department store where a series of peculiar events brings them under suspicion.
First publish date: 1976
Subjects: Fiction, Family, Juvenile fiction, Detective and mystery stories, Children's fiction
Authors: Gertrude Chandler Warner
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