Vanished!

James Ponti

Aug 2017 · Simon and Schuster

About this eBook

“A rash of pranks at an exclusive private school leads two young detectives all the way to the White House [in this] splendid whodunit.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review

An Edgar Award Winner for Juvenile Fiction

After helping the FBI solve an art theft at the National Gallery, Florian Bates finds life at Alice Deal Middle School a little boring. Luckily, his FBI handler has another case for him. Is it a bank robbery? International espionage? Actually, it’s middle school pranks . . .

The pranks are happening at a prestigious private school attended by the President’s daughter who may—or may not—be involved. So Florian and Margaret go undercover to stop the mayhem before the media gets wind of it.

But there’s more than pranks lurking within the school’s elite community. And things take a sinister turn when a student vanishes in the middle of a concert at the Kennedy Center!

About the author

James Ponti is the New York Times bestselling author of four middle grade book series: The Sherlock Society following a group of young detectives; City Spies, about an unlikely squad of five kids from around the world who form an elite MI6 Spy Team; the Edgar Award–winning Framed! series, about a pair of tweens who solve mysteries in Washington, DC; and the Dead City trilogy, about a secret society that polices the undead living beneath Manhattan. His books have appeared on more than fifteen different state award lists, and he is the founder of a writers group known as the Renegades of Middle Grade. James is also an Emmy–nominated television writer and producer who has worked for many networks including Nickelodeon, Disney Channel, PBS, History, and Spike TV, as well as NBC Sports. He lives with his family in Orlando, Florida. Find out more at JamesPonti.com.