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Valentino Pier : a Gulliver Dowd mystery / Reed Farrel Coleman.

by Coleman, Reed Farrel, 1956-

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Raven Books, an imprint of Orca Book Publishers, 2013.

Private investigators -- Fiction.

Dwarfs (Persons) -- Fiction.

Homeless children -- Fiction.

Coleman, Reed Farrel, 1956- Gulliver Dowd mysteries ; 2.

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9781459802094 (pbk.)

1459802098 (pbk.)

137 p. ; 19 cm.

Life hasn't been kind to private investigator Gulliver Dowd. His dwarfism makes him physically different from the rest of the population -- and it's what keeps his defenses a mile high. Teased mercilessly throughout his childhood, Gulliver doesn't trust easily. And when he does, it always comes back to slap him in his (unjustly handsome) face. This story begins when Private Investigator Gulliver Dowd is approached by Ellis Torres, a street kid, on Valentino Pier in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn. Ellis has lost his dog, and after Gulliver helps to find the dog for him, they go their separate ways. So when Ellis is discovered beaten, unconscious and left for dead not far from the pier early the following morning, Gulliver is horrified -- and suspicious. He sets out to find the attacker and learn why the boy was targeted. What Gulliver uncovers by way of bizarre clues -- amidst threats of danger to himself and his loved ones -- leads him on his most curious case yet. Author Reed Farrel Coleman lives on Long Island, New York.

Fry reading level: 2.5 Orca Book Publishers.

High interest-low vocabulary books.

Mystery fiction.

Literacy materials.

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