The Yellow Phantom A Judy Bolton Mystery

Judy Bolton, the quick‑thinking teen detective, hops on a noisy bus bound for New York with her best friend Irene and their host Pauline. A last‑minute scramble gets her cat Blackberry into a hatbox‑crate, saving the trip and catching the eye of a serious young man hunched over a stack of mysterious papers. When Judy’s playful dare sends the cat’s tail skittering across the aisle, the stranger’s calm smile and the rustling documents hint that something more than ordinary travel is afoot.

A puzzling telegram warning the girls to leave New York quickly drifts in, and the “Yellow Phantom” name surfaces in whispered conversations. Judy’s instinct tells her the papers the young man was reading hide a secret scheme, and she can’t resist digging deeper. As the bus rolls onward, friendships tighten, clues multiply, and the mystery begins to weave a web that will draw Judy into a daring investigation before she even reaches the city.