Blue Schwartz Jewel ThiefThirteenyearold Blue Schwartz has turned her babysitting into a very successful business But now the man she babysits for has accused her of stealing a priceless necklace Hes giving her until the end of the week to hand it over or else hes going to call the policeBlue would never steal anything especially an ancient Egyptian necklace but shes in bigtime trouble if she cant find itor find out who really stole it On top of that her horrible teacher is giving her a hard time about a food report thats due and even though Blue loves to cook how can she work on her report when she has a mystery to solveWith time running out Blue turns to her best friend Yvonne for help and as she follows the clues step by step she might just track down a criminal as mysterious as the missing necklaceFor middle readers age 10 and upThis book was originally published under the title Blue Schwartz and Nerfertitis NecklaceAbout the AuthorBetty Hechtman grew up in Chicago and babysat her way through school Along with cooking for the kids she was babysitting she made up stories for them too She still spends a lot of time in Chicago but her permanent home is in Southern California