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  RELAXING—with a good mystery book!

  RICH—I feel rich because I have good friends

  ROCKET—blast off to outer space!

  RUBBER BAND—what a super invention!

  RUNNING—one of my favorite ways to get exercise

  And, of course, the most special R word is READING!

  I hope you enjoyed reading The Runaway Racehorse. It was fun doing the research. I even visited the racetrack in Saratoga Springs, New York. I met a nice worker who showed me the huge green barns and the private viewing boxes.

  Here’s a picture of me with the Alphabet Zweepstakes winner, Nicholas Oliverio, and his brother, Eric, at lunch in New York City! We had a great time!

  Happy reading!

  Sincerely,

  Collect clues with Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose

  in their next exciting adventure,

  THE SCHOOL SKELETON

  “Miss Shotsky, where’s Mr. Bones?”

  The nurse had her back to Dink. “Right there, where he always is,” she said.

  Dink stared at the empty corner. The school skeleton had hung there as long as Dink could remember. But now the only thing Dink saw in the corner was a red scarf hanging on a hook. “He’s not there,” Dink said.

  Miss Shotsky looked. Her mouth dropped open. “Well, I’ll be hog-tied,” she said. “He is gone!”

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  Text copyright © 2002 by Ron Roy

  Illustrations copyright © 2002 by John Steven Gurney

  All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright

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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Roy, Ron.

  The runaway racehorse / by Ron Roy ; illustrated by John Steven Gurney

  p. cm. — (A to Z mysteries)

  SUMMARY: Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose investigate the disappearance of a valuable racehorse that Dink’s uncle and his friend, Forest Evans, have just bought and entered in a race at Saratoga.

  eISBN: 978-0-307-54467-4

  [1. Race horses—Fiction. 2. Horses—Fiction. 3. Larchmont (N.Y.)—Fiction. 4. Mystery and detective stories.] I. Gurney, John, ill. II. Title.

  PZ7.R8139 Ru 2002 [Fic]—dc21 2002002726

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