berniemagruder

__Bernie Magruder & the Bats in the Belfry__ by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor ISBN: 0-689-85066-2 c2003 130 pages

page 2 -- read the warning that was discovered around town page 6 -- where dinner is interrupted by one of the residents because there is a bat in her room
 * Good sections to read aloud:**

Bernie’s family lives in Middleburg, Indiana and run the Bessledorf Hotel. Most of the people who stay there are permanent residents, but many are considering leaving when they discover that a rare bat species is making its home in the church belfry. The worst part is, no one wants to go up to the belfry to disturb the bats because they are supposedly deadly and the town is going nuts listening to the bells ring every 15 minutes. Bernie and his friends decide to try and figure out a way to make the entire town happy once again (which means the bells would stop ringing and the bats would go away), but it isn’t with a lot of trouble and a little bit of luck on their part.
 * Summary:**

YA fiction: mystery; bells; bats; hotels; humor

©Jennifer Lang - WDMS 2003