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Zusatztext "Fleischman's many fans won't be disappointed?colorful and charming?a fun! quick read." Informationen zum Autor Sid Fleischman wrote more than sixty books for children, adults, and magicians. Among his many awards was the Newbery Medal for his novel The Whipping Boy . The author described his wasted youth as a magician and newspaperman in his autobiography The Abracadabra Kid . His other titles include The Entertainer and the Dybbuk , a novel, and three biographies, Sir Charlie: Chaplin, The Funniest Man in the World ; The Trouble Begins at 8: A Life of Mark Twain in the Wild, Wild West ; and Escape! The Story of The Great Houdini . Klappentext Enemies at first sight Orphaned Bo Gamage has nowhere to go. So he ends up in the old Queen of Sheba Hotel in a ghost town in the middle of the desert. It's dry and bare and -- worst of all -- the only other kid there is his awful cousin Madeleine, who calls herself Mzzz Mad. Soon, they're caught up in a battle for a missing map, the mystery of the tattooed head, and the search for the old Pegleg Smith gold mine. Then Bo and Mzzz Mad find themselves in deadly danger and handcuffed -- together! Zusammenfassung Enemies at first sight Orphaned Bo Gamage has nowhere to go. So he ends up in the old Queen of Sheba Hotel in a ghost town in the middle of the desert. It's dry and bare and -- worst of all -- the only other kid there is his awful cousin Madeleine, who calls herself Mzzz Mad. Soon, they're caught up in a battle for a missing map, the mystery of the tattooed head, and the search for the old Pegleg Smith gold mine. Then Bo and Mzzz Mad find themselves in deadly danger and handcuffed -- together!
