The Chameleon Wore Chartreuse: A Chet Gecko Mystery (Chet Gecko, 1)

by Bruce Hale

Book Overview

Chet Gecko loves a good mystery. Almost more than he loves his fee--stinkbug pie.So when fellow fourth grader Shirley Chameleon asks him to find her missing brother, Billy, Chet expects the case to be... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0152024859
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.5" x 0.3" x 5.0"

Customer Reviews

Great intro to a great series

My son is [...] and hates chapter books, he would much rather be reading non-fiction. When I found the Chet Gecko series at the store, I took a chance and bought the first book. At first my son refused to read it, but after reading the first two chapters aloud as a bedtime story, he was hooked. He has since read all of the Chet Gecko novels and loves each and every one. I have read most of them to my students, (I teach reading recovery in a middle school)and they have always been a huge hit. While he may not be reading Chaucer, I am very happy to see him reading chapter books and enjoying himself. My six year old daughter also loves having the books read to her. I would recommend the Chet Gecko to any child, boy or girl, as a great introduction to mystery novels, detective stories, and bad puns.

This is a fantastic book

Chet gecko is just one of the many average geckoes at his school but there's something different about him: he's a private eye. Solving mysteries as he solves his math problems, theirs a problem at Chet's school, Billy has gone missing. Is it up to Chet to find him? It won't be that easy. A certain someone is standing in his way. Billy's sister Sherly offers Chet a big piece of stinkbug pie if he could find him. Chet cannot refuse a tasty snack. Chet gets some help from his new sidekick. This was my first book I really enjoyed. I'm now reading the rest of the books in the series. It's a really funny book and it has a great mystery. When I laugh it makes me want to read more.

My older brother liked it a lot too

The part when he solved the mystery the best except when he got kissed. That was very sick. I am reading the second book. My brother wants to read it too. I liked Chet and his partner the Mockingbird the best.

If you like lizrds and detective novels...

Then this is the book for you! I'm 8 years old and I read this book...I thought is was GREAT!!! Chet books are great for just sitting down and reading. It makes you laugh but it's also exciting. I recommend this book to kids of all ages.

A Great Gecko Tail--er--Tale for 4th-graders of All Ages!

This first Chet Gecko mystery has it all. Danger of the worst disaster possible in elementary school--total public embarrassment--unless our hero can crack the case by the end of the school day. Villains and ne'er-do-wells. A character with true-to-life reptilian traits and appetites but a voice that's half classic sleuth half comic strip. Droll drawings. Gross humor and corny puns. A female classmate who outwits Chet almost to the end. And best of all--there are five more Chet Gecko Mysteries in the works!