Smashie McPerter and the Shocking Rocket Robbery

"The story is fast-paced, the chapters are filled with appealing characters, and potentially unfamiliar words are clearly explained. . . . Young readers will be happily caught up in the duo's latest mystery." --School Library Journal

Smashie McPerter and her classmates from Room 11 are going on a field trip to the planetarium! Nobody is more excited than Smashie's best friend, Dontel, who dreams of becoming an astrophysicist. In fact, Dontel has even created an accurate drawing of a working rocket, piloted by his and Smashie's favorite action figure, Brainyon. In a surprise move, Dontel's grandmother, who's chaperoning, brings the rocket drawing with her to enter into the planetarium's science contest. But in a shocking turn of events, the drawing goes missing before they get there! Smashie is on the case. But the suspect list keeps growing--prankster Billy, who prefers The Haddock over Brainyon; tight-lipped Tatiana, who's wearing a NASA T-shirt; and . . . Smashie herself? Nobody is above suspicion in this third hilarious and clever Smashie McPerter mystery.

Author: N. Griffin
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 02/25/2025
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.44lbs
Size: 7.56h x 5.12w x 0.79d
ISBN13: 9781536236200
ISBN10: 1536236209
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Mysteries & Detective Stories
- Juvenile Fiction | School & Education
- Juvenile Fiction | Technology | General

About the Author
N. GRIFFIN is the author of the Smashie McPerter series, as well as The Whole Stupid Way We Are, for which she was named a Publishers Weekly Flying Start author. Her other books include Just Wreck It All and Trigger. She received her MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts.

Kate Hindley is a children's book illustrator living and working in the U.K. She worked as a print designer before illustrating her first book, Claire Freedman's The Great Snortle Hunt, which was nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal. Since then, she has illustrated a number of books, including the Smashie McPerter chapter books, The Same But Different Too by Karl Newson, and Don't Call Me Choochie Pooh! by Sean Taylor.