Doc and the Detective in: Graveyard Treasure

A Choctaw boy with a taste for detective work teams up with a lonely old professor in this charming middle-grade mystery from a two-time winner of the American Indian Youth Literature Award.

Timmy loves reading stories about great detectives, and soon he begins to spy mysteries all around his small Oklahoma town.

Why was his next-door neighbor, the distinguished Dr. Moore, standing outside with a knife at midnight? Who's sneaking around their house, shining flashlights in the windows? And where did Mrs. Newberry's diamond necklace go? As Timmy and Doc work together to unmask the thief, Timmy also comes to understand the challenges Doc and his family face with his developing dementia, and discovers that a real detective needs a good heart as well as a sharp brain.

Tim Tingle is an Oklahoma Choctaw and an award-winning author and storyteller. He received his Master's Degree in English Literature at the University of Oklahoma in 2003, with a focus on American Indian studies. His first children's book, Crossing Bok Chitto, garnered over 20 state and national awards, and was an Editor's Choice in the New York Times Book Review. He was a featured author and speaker at the 2014 National Book Festival in Washington, DC, based on critical acclaim for How I Became a Ghost, which won the 2014 American Indian Youth Literature Award. In February of 2016, his novel House of Purple Cedar won the American Indian Youth Literature Award. He has completed eight speaking tours for the US Department of Defense, performing stories to children of military personnel stationed in Germany. As a visiting author and performer, Tingle reaches audiences numbering over 200,000 annually. He lives in Canyon Lake, Texas.



McClain Moore is an enrolled member of the Choctaw Nation and an acclaimed visual and graphic artist. He grew up in Northeastern Oklahoma and now lives in Haywood County, North Carolina.