A Mystery for Mr. Bass

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name = A Mystery for Mr. Bass
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author = Eleanor Cameron
illustrator = Leonard Shortall
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country = United States
language = English
series = The Mushroom Planet Books
genre = Science fiction, Children's
publisher = Little, Brown and Company
pub_date = 1960
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media_type = Print (Hardcover)
pages = 229 pp
isbn = NA
preceded_by = Mr. Bass's Planetoid
followed_by = Time and Mr. Bass

"A Mystery for Mr. Bass" is a 1960 children's science fiction novel by Canadian author Eleanor Cameron. The novel followed 1958's "Mr. Bass's Planetoid" and was illustrated by Leonard Shortall.

Plot summary

After a record-breaking storm, David and Chuck discover half-million-year-old fossils on the cliffs where no such bones should be, prompting Tyco Bass to reveal some of the history and customs of the Mycetians, the Mushroom People of Earth. After Tyco's departure, the boys' discovery of the ailing Prewytt Brumblydge's unexpected Mycetian connections leads them to attempt a new, unscheduled trip to Basidium.

ee also

*"Time and Mr. Bass", the sequel volume to this story.