Nate the Great hates mushy stuff. But when he spies a big red paper heart taped to Sludge's doghouse, Nate knows he must help his fiavorite pooch. Who could possibly have left Sludge a secret valentine?

It's a mystery until Nate finds out that his friend Annie is missing a valentine. The case seems simple. Nate is relieved.No more mushy stuff. That's what he thinks……

“Nate makes a great narrator, his clipped prose mimicking that of the hard-boiled detective genre, providing short,simple sentences for beginning readers, and setting up the deadpan humor. Simont's expressive drawings, tinted with watercolor washes, illustrate the characters and the action with finesse and restraint. A most appealing choice.”

                 ——Booklist, Boxed Review

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