The Skeleton in the Smithsonian (5 page)

About the Author

Ron Roy is the author of more than fifty books for children, including the bestselling A to Z Mysteries® and the brand-new Capital Mysteries series. He lives in an old farmhouse in Connecticut with his dog, Pal. When he’s not writing about his favorite kids in Green Lawn, Connecticut, and Washington, D.C., Ron spends time restoring his house, gardening, and traveling all over the country.

Photo credits: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 21, Neg. #82-3196, Neg. #10192, and Box 30, Neg. #76-4354.

Text copyright © 2003 by Ron Roy. Illustrations copyright © 2003 by Timothy Bush. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Roy, Ron.
The skeleton in the Smithsonian / by Ron Roy; illustrated by Timothy Bush.
   p. cm. — (Capital mysteries; #3)
“A Stepping Stone Book.”
SUMMARY
: When Leonard Fisher claims to be the long-lost heir to the
Smithsonian fortune, KC and Marshall set out to prove that he is a phony.
eISBN: 978-0-307-54664-7
[1. Smithsonian Institution—Fiction. 2. Skeletons—Fiction.
3. Washington (D.C.)—Fiction.] I. Bush, Timothy ill. II. Title.
III. Series.
PZ7.R8139Sk 2003   [Fic]—dc21   2002154480

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