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There is a cricket match at the community ground on Saturday, and someone has been tampering with the pitch overnight. Benji is on the boundary at sunrise.

Mr. Beresford's radio breaks two days before the cricket finals. The crew has until Saturday to fix it. Benji has a theory about who broke it.

Mr. Beresford's goat is missing. The grown-ups are blaming dogs. Benji disagrees, and Benji has a nose.

Miss Doreen's julie mango tree has been emptying overnight, and no one in the neighbourhood will admit to it. Benji knows. The crew has to prove it.

Something is wrong at the Cliffside Primary fall fair. Benji has been circling the cake-toss booth for an hour. The crew is paying attention.

A vendor's money goes missing on a Kingston market morning. Benji has three suspects and no good way to explain any of them.

The dog has been sitting by the water since before sunrise, his nose pointed at one cooler in particular. When Nadine arrives for the weekend, he finally has hands.

Nobody knew how Benji got on the bus. What bothered the teachers most, afterward, was the simple unanswerable question of how he managed it without a single adult noticing.

Benji has been watching a small theft happen at the Cliffside market for forty-five minutes, and he needs help. The kind of help with hands.