Girl's best friend by Leslie Margolis
A Maggie Brooklyn Mystery. Bloomsbury, 2010.
Recommended for primary aged students. Maggie has a secret life.
Unknown to her parents, Maggie is a dog walker after school. Not
only does she have to keep this a secret from her family but a
mystery needs to be solved. Dogs are disappearing and Maggie thinks
she may be on the trail of a dog napper. She becomes involved with
her ex best friend's missing dog and discovers that her secret
crush, Milo seems to be part of the problem.
This book has a lot of appeal for primary aged girls - a good
mystery, animals, issues with friends and boy trouble.
Lots of clues are revealed along the way and many of the characters
are potential suspects in the dognapping saga.
The other book available in this series is Vanishing Acts.
Leslie Margolis has a great website
with book trailers.
Jane Moore