The Diamond in the Window (Hall Family Chronicles #1)
by:
Jane Langton (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780844664149 (0844664146)
Publish date: June 1st 1962
Publisher: Peter Smith Publisher
Pages no: 242
Edition language: English
Series: Hall Family Chronicles (#1)
I just came to this too late, I think. The kids, the old house, the mystery, it's all perfectly good, but I've read other books that I think did it even better. Possibly if I hadn't already read Coraline I'd have liked this more. Maybe not. Transcendentalism isn't really my thing, I'm afraid, an...
Delightful story of how two children in trouble find a riddle and attempt to solve it, no matter what the cost. Throw in a somewhat addled but lovable uncle who quotes the Transcendentalists by the yard, a hard-working and sad aunt, some vanished relatives and you have an engaging yarn indeed.I thin...
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