The Triceratops Pops Mystery by David A. Adler

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    First published in the United States of America by Viking,
a division of Penguin Books USA Inc., 1995
Published by Puffin Books, 1997, 2004
This edition published by Puffin Books, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group, 2011
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Text copyright © David A. Adler, 1995 Illustrations copyright © Susanna Natti, 1995 Logo illustration copyright © Penguin Young Readers Group, 2010 All rights reserved
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    THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS HAS CATALOGED THE VIKING EDITION AS FOLLOWS: Adler, David A.
Cam Jansen and the Triceratops Pops mystery / David A. Adler ;
illustrated by Susanna Natti.
p. cm.—(A Cam Jansen adventure)
    Summary: When Cam Jansen and her friend Eric go to the music store at the mall for the latest CD by the Triceratops Pops band, Cam uses her photographic memory to foil a crime.
    eISBN : 978-1-101-52532-6
    [1. Mystery and detective stories. 2. Memory—Fiction. 3. Compact discs—Fiction.]
I. Natti, Susanna, ill. II. Title. III. Series: Adler, David A. Cam Jansen adventure.
PZ7.A2615Car 1995 [Fic]—dc20 95-4576 CIP AC
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For my son Eitan,
who is just learning
to read

Chapter One
    H onk! Honk!
    A clown sitting on a huge tricycle honked his horn. Then he handed Eric Shelton a flyer.
    â€œThank you,” Eric said.
    Someone dressed in a large frog costume handed him another flyer.
    â€œThank you,” Eric said to the frog.
    â€œRibbit. Ribbit,” the frog answered.
    â€œPut your hands in your pockets,” Cam told Eric. “If you don’t people will keep giving you papers.”
    Cam Jansen and her friend Eric Shelton were walking through the Hamilton shopping mall. It was a sale day, and the mall was crowded.
    â€œListen to this,” Eric said. He read from one of the flyers. “Today only! Big sale at Jason’s Sneaker Palace. You’ll run faster in Jason’s sneakers.”

    Then Eric read from the second flyer. “Today only! Free sprinkles, nuts, and syrup on any two-scoop ice cream cone at Mama Minnie’s Sweet Shop.”
    â€œI get interesting things in the mail, not at the mall,” Cam said. She gave Eric a card. “Listen to what Aunt Molly sent to me.”
    Cam closed her eyes and said, “ Click. ” Cam always says “ Click ” when she wants to remember something.
    Cam recited the poem that was printed on the card:
    â€œI love giraffes and elephants,
chickens, ducks, and geese,
but not as much as I love
my eight-year-old niece.
Happy Birthday.”
    â€œThat’s silly,” Eric said. “You’re not eight years old. You’re ten.”
    Cam opened her eyes and said, “And it’s not my birthday. That was four months ago.”
    Cam smiled, and said, “Aunt Molly is nice but very forgetful.”
    Cam closed her eyes again and told Eric, “Now