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Cam Jansen can find a mystery anywhere-even in the school lunch room! When Jason opens his lunch box and finds only cookie crumbs, Cam's amazing memory clicks into action.
Eight-year-old sleuth Cam Jansen uses her photographic memory to discover what happened to a classmate's missing cookie.
Cam's nickname is short for "camera" because she has a photographic memory. She uses this skill to help her friend Jason deduce the identity of the thief who stole his chocolate chip cookie. This is a pleasant introduction for the young audience to the genre of detective fiction. Full color illustrations appear on every page to add visual interest for beginning readers. Also in the series are: Young Cam Jansen and the Dinosaur Game and Young Cam Jansen and the Lost Tooth.
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March 28, 2007: 'Young Cam Jansen and the Missing Cookie' by David A. Adler is about a girl named Cam who is smart, good, honest and talented at solving mysteries. Can Cam Jansen find out about who took the cookie from Jason's lunch box? Or not?? This book is about how Jason opened his lunch box and found out that his cookie was gone! Will Cam Jansen ever find the missing cookie? I love this book because I think Cam Jansen is smart because she has a great memory.