Billy the Ghost is a beginning Chapter Book about Sarah, a young cowgirl in the Old West, and a ghost named Billy that only she can see. When two men rob the bank in town, Sarah wanted to to with the men to help the Sheriff track the robbers down, but he told her that she was too young to go. Afte...
This is neat. The conceit behind it is a notebook by a girl who wants to be a detective. She and her father focus on history mysteries. She presents the facts and then the theories, finally asks the reader (or in my case the listener), what she thinks. Well done. Enjoyable for an adult but writ...
This was a really complete story! Well told, well developed, fun, and it played with the readers. Good moral told in a non-preachy way. My niece and nephew both really enjoyed this book, and so did I. If you can read this with one of those Minnesota accents like in Fargo, it would be even better...
I rather liked the way Yolen wrote this: with a young investigator taking notes as she examines the story, and working through the theories of what might have happened. Because nothing has been proved, I don't at all mind that the end is left on a questioning note: what do you think happened?Library...
I am inexplicably fascinated by ships, shipwrecks, and ghostships, so I am familiar with the story of the Mary Celeste. It's a great tale and a great mystery. This book did not do that story justice. It was boring, disjointed, and the illustrations left much to be desired. Unfortunate, since I r...
Not much of a mystery, in real life.
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