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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Celebrate more than 25 years of Horrible Harry with the 30th book in this beloved classroom chapter book series! Catastrophe strikes Room 3B when the diamond on Miss Mackle's engagement ring disappears. Fortunately, Harry is on the case! A Children's Book of the Month Club Selection. Illustrations.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Celebrate more than 25 years of Horrible Harry with the 30th book in this beloved classroom chapter book series!</b> <p/>Catastrophe strikes Room 3B when the diamond on Miss Mackle's engagement ring disappears. Fortunately, Harry is on the case! The third-grade talent show is coming up, and he wants to show off his skills as South School's greatest detective. Doug, on the other hand, has no idea what to do for his act. The best friends need to find both Doug's talent <i>and </i>the teacher's diamond, or else the talent show will be a horrible disaster for everyone! <p/><b>A Children's Book of the Month Club Selection</b><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><b>Praise for the Horrible Harry series: </b> <p/>Not many series reach the 20-year mark, but this one is still going strong.--<i>Booklist</i> <p/>Kline is right on the mark when it comes to both her audience and her characters.--<i>Booklist</i><br><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Suzy Kline, the author of nineteen previous <b>Horrible Harry</b> books and four books about <b>Song Lee, </b> lives in Willington Connecticut with her husband, Rufus. Suzy and Rufus have been married for thirty-eight years. They met in the state where they both grew up: California. Suzy grew up in Berkeley and Rufus in Sacramento. Suzy graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a degree in European history. She met Rufus at the Davis campus while attending that campus for a year. They got married and lived in different places, including Canada, before settling into Connecticut, the state they now call home.<p>Suzy taught in 5th and 6th grades at Shannon Elementary School in Richmond, California for 3 years, and 2nd and 3rd grades at Southwest Elementary School in Torrington, Connecticut for 24 years before retiring this past June. She now enjoys writing full-time and visiting schools and libraries. The couple share their home with two cats, Teeter and Hoag. They have two daughters, Jennifer and Emily, and four grandchildren: Jake, Kenna, Gabby and Saylor. A fifth grandchild is due in September, 2006. Suzy's mother just turned 96. She dedicated her most recent book, Horrible Harry Takes the Cake to her.</p><p>Suzy and Rufus enjoy attending UConn football and basketball games, and Suzy uses the UConn library as a reference for her writing facts.</p><p> </p>

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