To pay for the conversion of their school bus, the children from Appeldal are putting on a theatre performance at the pancake farm! Isn't that a great idea?
But then the collected money disappears. And on top of that, there is no food left for the animals. Naturally, Inspector Wortel and the Appeldal detectives Tess, Emma, Mats, and Jasper must track down the thief! Only Wortel has another problem!
Translated by Elsbeth de Jager
Michaela Holzinger wrote stories on an invisible typewriter as a child. Later, she bought a laptop, and since then, more than forty children's and young adult books have been published by her. A few of these have won multiple awards and have been translated into several languages. The author, trained as an educator, lives with her family in northern Austria, where a colorful collection of goats and donkeys continually inspires her with new ideas.