title: The Creepy Computer Mystery (Invisible Inc. No. 4 / Hello, Reader! Level 4)
author:  Elizabeth Levy 
description: Gr. 2^-3. The trio of kids who like to call themselves Invisible Ink is back with another mystery to solve. Famous writer U. B. Spooks is participating in an online chat when the message "Invitation to Doom!" mysteriously appears. The young detectives uncover the identity of the pseudonymous writer, and Chad gives his detective buddies a lesson in how uncomfortable life can be for someone who is different. Breezy, contemporary, and with a smidgen of suspense, this introduces some of the expressions and conventions of the burgeoning online world. Some readers might say :-p, but most will vote :-). <i>Susan Dove Lempke</i>
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  **THE MYSTERY IN THE COMPUTER GAME**
  
   **Created by Gertrude Chandler Warner**
  
   **Illustrated by Hodges Soileau**
  
   **ALBERT WHITMAN & Company, Chicago**
  
   **Contents**
  
  CHAPTER
  
  Chapter 1. Trolls and Trouble
  
  Chapter 2. A New Quest
  
  Chapter 3. Eavesdropping
  
  Chapter 4. Whispers at Breakfast
  
  Chapter 5. A Lunchtime Mystery
  
  Chapter 6. Wrong Information
  
  Chapter 7. The Computer Talks Back
  
  Chapter 8. A Mysterious Fountain
  
  Chapter 9. Listening In
  
  Chapter 10. The Aldens Set a Trap
  
  About the Author
  
   **CHAPTER 1**
  
   _ **Trolls and Trouble**_
  
  One rainy day, the third one in a row, the four Alden children and their
  cousin, Soo Lee, gathered around the family computer. They were playing
  _Ringmaster,_ a game Grandfather Alden had given to Henry for his fourteenth
  birthday.
  
  “I’m stuck,” ten-year-old Violet said. “I made all the trolls disappear except
  one.”
  
  “Can Soo Lee and I try?” Benny asked.
  
  He was six and already an expert on the computer. Soo Lee was pr