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Authors: Ron Roy
Then she remembered that headline: “President Thornton Says No to Human Cloning.”
“That’s it!” KC cried.
“Marshall, get up here right now!” she yelled into the phone. “Someone cloned the president!”
Text copyright © 2004 by Ron Roy
Illustrations copyright © 2004 by John Steven Gurney
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Roy, Ron.
The unwilling umpire / by Ron Roy; illustrated by John Steven Gurney. — 1st ed.
p. cm. — (A to Z mysteries) “A stepping stone book.”
SUMMARY:
When the umpire at the baseball game fund-raiser is accused of stealing a
collection of autographed baseballs, Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose try to prove his
innocence.
eISBN: 978-0-307-54860-3
[1. Baseballs—Fiction. 2. Mystery and detective stories.] I. Gurney, John, ill.
II. Title. III. Series: Roy, Ron, 1940-. A to Z mysteries.
PZ7.R8139Un 2004 [Fic]—dc21 2003002663
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