outlived ten of its owners, and is probably 150 years old. But when the bird starts mouthing off about buried treasure, Dunc and Amos get pretty excitedâlet the amateur sleuthing begin!
Duncâs Doll
Dunc and his accident-prone friend Amos are up to their old sleuthing habits once again. This time theyâre after a band of doll thieves! When a doll that once belonged to Charles Dickensâs daughter is stolen from an exhibition at the local mall, the two boys put on their detectivegear and do some serious snooping. Will a vicious watchdog keep them from retrieving the valuable missing doll?
Culpepperâs Cannon
Dunc and Amos are researching the Civil War cannon that stands in the town square when they find a note inside telling them about a time portal. Entering it through the dressing room of La Petite, a womenâs clothing store, the boys find themselves in downtown Chatham on March 8, 1862âthe day before the historic clash between the
Monitor
and the
Merrimac
. But the Confederate soldiers they meet mistake them for Yankee spies. Will they make it back to the future in one piece?
Dunc Gets Tweaked
Dunc and Amos meet up with a new buddy named Lash when they enter the radical world of skateboard competition. When somebody âcopsââstealsâLashâs prototype skateboard, the boys are determined to get it back. After all, Lash is about to shoot for a totally rad worldâs record! Along the way they learn a major lesson:
Never
kiss a monkey!
Duncâs Halloween
Dunc and Amos are planning the best route to get the most candy on Halloween. But their plans change when Amos is slightly bitten by a werewolf. He begins scratching himself and chasing UPS trucksâheâs become a werepuppy!
Dunc Breaks the Record
Dunc and Amos have a small problem when they try hang glidingâthey crash in the wilderness. Luckily, Amos has read a book about a boy who survived in the wilderness for fifty-four days. Too bad Amos doesnât have a hatchet. Things go from bad to worse when a wild man holds the boys captive. Can anything save them now?
Dunc and the Flaming Ghost
Duncâs not afraid of ghosts, although Amos is sure that the old Rambridge house is haunted by the ghost of Blackbeard the Pirate. Then the best friends meet Eddie, a meek man who claims to be impersonating Blackbeardâs ghost in order to live in the house in peace. But if thatâs true, why are flames shooting from his mouth?
Amos Gets Famous
Deciphering a code they find in a library book, Amos and Dunc stumble onto a burglary ring. The burglarsâ next target is the home of Melissa, the girl of Amosâs dreams (who doesnât even know that heâs alive). Amos longs to be a hero to Melissa, so nothing will stop him from solving this case-not even a mind-boggling collision with a jock, a chimpanzee, and a toilet.
Dunc and Amos Hit the Big Top
In order to impress Melissa, Amos decides to perform on the trapeze at the visiting circus. Look out below! But before Dunc can talk him out of his plan, the two stumble across a mystery behind the scenes at the circus. Now Amos is in double trouble. Whatâs really going on under the big top?
Duncâs Dump
Camouflaged as piles of rotting trash, Dunc and Amos are sneaking around the town dump. Dunc wants to find out who is polluting the garbage at the dump with hazardous and toxic waste. Amos just wants to impress Melissa. Can either of them succeed?
Dunc and the Scam Artists
Dunc and Amos are at it again. Some older residents of their town have been bilked by con artists, and the two boys want to look into these crimes. They meet elderly Betsy Dell, whose nasty nephew Frank gives the boys the creeps. Then they notice some soft dirt in Ms. Dellâs shed, and a shovel. Does Frank have something horrible in store for Dunc and Amos?
Dunc and Amos and the Red Tattoos
Dunc and Amos head for camp and face two weeks of fresh airâalong with
Cassandra Clare, Joshua Lewis