THE CASE OF THE BURROWING ROBOT

Puffin, New York, 2003, 3^rd. pr.  ISBN 0-14-250063-1.  Trade soft cover, 125+ pages.  Unread remaindered copy; sticker ghost on front wrap; pages tanned.  Illustrated by Gerald L. Holmes.  ‘No sooner has Sally May finished planting her vegetable garden when some kind of unearthly being decides to burrow in the neatly planted rows of tomatoes and peppers.  It looks like a job for the Head of Ranch Security, so Hank sets straight to work trying to dig the space monster robot out of its hole.  But when Slim, Loper, and Sally May catch Hank in the ruined garden they place all the blame on him.  Ashamed, Hank does the only thing he can think of and hits the road.  As he begins his exile he runs into an old friend, Madame Moonshine.  Will she be able to help Hank clear his good name?’ (from rear wrap)

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