The Pet Detective faces a special challenge when Kara’s pet tortoise, Rocket, goes missing. Has the tortoise been squashed on a motorway? Eaten by a hungry goat? Chewed up by a dog? The Pet Detective follows the clues to find out what’s happened.




Purple/ Band 8 books offer developing readers literary language, with some challenging vocabulary.
Text type – A story by the same author.
A final double page spread shows all the things a Pet Detective needs on a case to support recapping the story.
Curriculum links – Science: Plants and animals in the local environment.
Tortoise Trouble is one of two stories by Jana Hunter about the Pet Detective
This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.
This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

Illustrated by: Kim Blundell
Series edited by: Cliff Moon
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