"Nothing ever happens on Spaghetti Street ... until two cousins start a newspaper and tracck down a mystery. And here's a hint: the clue is on the shoe!" --Cover page [4].

"Red system" series part identified by red band on books as identified on publisher webpage for Fountas & Pinnell Leveled Literacy Intervention System (LLI) http://www.heinemann.com/fountasandpinnell/lli_Overview.aspx.