Mystery of the Talking Skull - Softcover

Arden, William

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9780394864112: Mystery of the Talking Skull
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0394864115 ISBN 13: 9780394864112
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers, 1984

Synopsis

An old trunk involves the three investigators with dangerous criminals seeking a cache of stolen money.

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It all started with a dollar. One dollar paid at auction by Jupiter Jones for a dusty old trunk that once belonged to The Great Gulliver, a magician who vanished as mysteriously as one of his tricks. The trunk attracts a host of bizarre characters, like Zelda the Gypsy, Three-Finger Munger, and Maximilian the Mystic. But what's inside the trunk is even more bizarre--a skull that talks!

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The Three Investigators were the new owners of a talking skull named Socrates.  At least, it was supposed to be able to talk.  But the boys hadn't been able to get a sound out of it.

"What a gyp!" said Pete.

"Maybe it just isn't in a talking mood," answered Jupiter, and the boys turned their backs on the skull.

Suddenly there was a muffled sneeze behind them.  Whirling around, they saw no one there--no one, that is, but the skull.

Socrates had sneezed!

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Publisher
Random House Books for Young Readers
Publication date
1984
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0394864115
ISBN 13 
9780394864112
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
164
Rating
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