Download or read book Nate the Great and the Phony Clue written by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2013-08-28 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These chapter books introduce beginning readers to the detective mystery genre. Perfect for the Common Core, kids can problem-solve with Nate, using logical thinking to solve mysteries! Early one morning, a torn slip of paper with the mysterious letters V I T A appears on Nate the Great's doorstep. He and his faithful dog, Sludge, set off to solve this latest mystery. Against ferocious cats, hostile adversaries, and a sly, phony clue -- not to mention a three o'clock deadline -- Nate struggles to prove, once again, that he is Nate the Great.