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Name: Gus & Gertie and the missing pearl
Author: Joan Lowery Nixon

📘 Gus & Gertie and the missing pearl by Joan Lowery Nixon

When the cheerful penguins Gus and Gertie arrive at Holiday Island for a vacation, they soon discover that the hotel is a hub of intrigue. A beautiful, valuable deep‑sea pearl has vanished, and the suspects are plentiful—each hotel guest seems to have a motive. The two adventurous penguins embark on a detective quest, piecing together clues and confronting the hotel’s shady inhabitants to uncover the thief and recover the lost gem.

First publish date: 2000

Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure

Authors: Joan Lowery Nixon

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