"Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Stolen Diamonds."

David A. Adler write a cute story about a girl who has a photographic memory in the book "Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Stolen Diamonds." Pictures in this book are illustrated by Susanna Natti. The illustrations are important in this book because the reader is directed to look at details in some of the pictures. I have the 1980 published version paperback and it was originally bought for $3.99. The new version has a different front cover but it still can be purchased for the same price of $3.99 from Amazon.com.

Characters

Cam (Jennifer) Jansen
Eric Shelton
Howie the baby
Eric's mother
Police Officer
Young couple with baby
Man with mustache
Two elderly ladies
Owner of Jewelry store

Plot

Cam Jansen and Eric were babysitting Howie while they were waiting for Eric's mother to finish shopping. While they were waiting they witnessed a burglary take place in the mall's jewelry store. They saw a man running out of the store heading in one direction and then a young couple with a baby come out of the same jewelry store. Cam took a mental picture in her head by saying "click" of all three of them. Then two elderly women came out of the store shaking they were frightened. The tried giving a description of the thief to the police. They said he had black hair and a bar mustache wearing a green tie. Cam remembered this man using her photographic memory. The police caught the man but it turned out he wasn't the thief, or at least they thought.