The Complete Screech Owls, Volume 3

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Celebrating ten years and more than one million books in print! The third four-in-one edition to celebrate ten years of an award-winning bestselling series. #9: Nightmare in Nagano The Screech Owls cant believe their good luck! They are flying thousands of miles to Nagano Japan the host city for the 1998 Winter Olympic Games - and theyll be playing in Big Hat the Olympic arena. The attractions of Japan are quickly forgotten however when the mayor of Nagano is murdered at the tournaments opening-night banquet. Who would want such a nice man dead? And what has it got to do with the Screech Owls? . . . And what is the source of Nishs new superhuman powers? #10: Danger in Dinosaur Valley Summer has come early to the town of Drumheller Alberta. Drumheller is the "Dinosaur Capital of Canada " home of the fierce Albertosaurus - cousin to Tyrannosaurus rex - whose ancient bones were discovered here more than one hundred years ago. One day when Nish returns from mountain biking he claims he almost became breakfast for a living breathing Albertosaurus! Of course his friends dont believe him but when Travis Sarah and their teammates go for their own ride in the hills they come back with a monstrous story that makes international headlines. #11: The Ghost of the Stanley Cup The Screech Owls have come to Ottawa to play in the Little Stanley Cup peewee tournament. Mr. Dillinger is also taking them to visit some of the regions famous ghosts: the ghost of a dead prime minister; the ghost of a man hanged for murder; the ghost of the famous painter Tom Thomson. At first the Owls thought this was Mr. Dillingers best idea ever until Travis and his friends begin to suspect that one of these ghosts could be for real. #12: The West Coast Murders The Screech Owls journey to Vancouver had begun as an innocent hockey road trip. They had come to play in the new "Three-on-three" shinny tournament. But when the team headed out to sea to watch the first whales of the season return to the West Coast the dream trip turned into a horrifying adventure. Two bodies - one a dolphin one a man - bobbing in the tide. And when Nish stared down at the floating twisting body of the man and announced "We know him!" the Screech Owls also knew they were in the middle of a baffling mystery. Screech Owls books have won the Our Choice Award and the Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award. They have been endorsed by the Canadian Toy Testing Council and shortlisted for the Silver Birch Award the Red Cedar Award the Arthur Ellis Award the Ottawa-Carleton Award and the Palmars de Communication-Jeunesse.