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The Absent Author by Ron Roy Genre: mystery nominated by: James Neylan

Paragraph 1: Summary of the book Dink is the main character and the other important characters are Josh and Ruth Rose. Dink wanted the author Wallis Wallace to visit Green Lawn. He is his favorite author and would like to meet him. The author says he will come no matter what happens. Wallis Wallace does not show up and maybe he missed his flight but Dink and his friends think maybe he was kidnapped. They try and go out looking for him around Green lawn and act like private detectives. They ask everyone is town questions about whether or not they have seen him. They soon realize he was not kidnapped and he is really a woman. She was pretending to be missing because she wants to write a new detective book and the kids would be the detectives. She wanted to see how kids would solve a mystery. Paragraph 2: Reason for Nomination The book really makes you curious about why the the author was possibly kidnapped and always surprises you in the end.