The Beach Bandit by Tennant Redbank

Author:Tennant Redbank [Redbank, Tennant]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2016-04-26T00:00:00+00:00

“Argggh!” Stacie said.

“Wait,” Skipper said. She pointed to the sand. Something lay there, shining in the sunshine. “It dropped something!”

Skipper plucked the shiny thing from the sand.

“What is it?” Stacie asked. She leaned in close. “A ruby ring?”

Taffy stuck her nose in, too. She wanted to see!

Skipper opened her fist. In her palm was…a red bottle cap. “I’m not sure Raquelle will want a Grapeberry Tea cap instead of her ring.”

Stacie giggled and covered her mouth.

Stacie, Skipper, and the puppies returned to the lifeguard chair to tell Barbie and Raquelle the news. “The seagull’s not the thief,” Skipper said. She showed Raquelle the bottle cap.

“Ooh, can I have that?” The sand castle boy was back with another pail of water.

“Sure!” Skipper said.

Barbie watched the little boy run off toward his parents. His sand castle was getting big. He had even dug a moat around it.

Barbie turned back to Skipper and Stacie. “It’s okay,” she told them. “We found another clue!” She pointed toward Raquelle’s towel. Narrow tracks cut through the sand next to it, where Chelsea hadn’t dug.

“Come on, puppies,” DJ called. “Let’s check them out!”

“Huh,” Stacie said. She watched the puppies sniff the tracks. “What made them?”

“I remember seeing a water-ice seller go by,” Barbie said. “She had a wheeled cart. Maybe she ran over the jewelry by accident. Maybe it got caught on a tire!”

Raquelle crossed her arms. “Or maybe she took them. They are beautiful, after all.”

“I’m sure it’s all a mistake,” Barbie said. She couldn’t believe anyone would take the jewelry on purpose.

“We can find out,” Stacie said, taking out her trusty magnifying glass. She was always ready to solve a mystery. “Let’s follow the trail!”

“I need to patrol the beach anyway,” Barbie said. “I’ll just check in with Jack to make sure he’s covered.” On her cell phone, she called the other lifeguard.

“I’ll stay here,” Raquelle said as she struck a movie star pose on her beach towel and put her sunglasses on.

“Noses to the ground, pups!” Taffy barked. They followed the trail with Stacie, Barbie, Chelsea, and Skipper behind them. The cart trail swerved around a beach towel and a volleyball court. It veered close to the surf, then back up the beach.

“I see her!” Stacie yelled. About twenty feet ahead of them, the water-ice seller had stopped near a family. Stacie took off, running across the sand.

Skipper looked at Barbie. Barbie looked at Skipper. Chelsea looked at both of them. They all broke into a run. The puppies took off after them.

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