Author: James Preller
Illustrator: R.W. Alley
Genre: Fiction
Sub-genre: Mystery
Publisher: Scholastic Inc
Date of Publication: 1998
Theme: Things are not what they seem
Primary/ Secondary Characters:Jigsaw/ Wingnut and Mila.
Summary: Jigsaw is a second grade boy who is a detective. He charges a dollar a day to solve a case and has a partner named Mila who gets half the money. One day a Wingnut can not find his pet hamster. Jigsaw and Mila try to solve the case and find the hamster. Whenever they thought they had it they were wrong. Finally they solved the case and realize that not everything is what it seems.
Summary of how to use with students: I could use this book to help students see that not everything is what it seems. Just like Jigsaw and Mila thought they knew the case of the Hamster they did not because it was not what it seemed. Students sometimes think they know everything but here they can learn that not everything is what it seems.
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