Absolutely Truly
A Pumpkin Falls Mystery
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- 8,99 €
Description de l’éditeur
An unsent letter in a first edition copy of Charlotte’s Web leads to a hunt for treasure in this heartwarming middle grade mystery from the author of The Mother-Daughter Book Club.
Now that Truly Lovejoy’s father has been injured by an IED in Afghanistan and is having trouble finding work back home, the family moves from Texas to tiny Pumpkin Falls, New Hampshire, to take over Lovejoy’s Books, a struggling bookstore that’s been in the family for one hundred years.
With two older brothers and two younger sisters clamoring for attention, her mother back in school, and everyone up to their eyebrows trying to keep Lovejoy’s Books afloat, Truly feels more overlooked than usual. So she pours herself into uncovering the mystery of an undelivered letter she finds stuck in a valuable autographed first edition of Charlotte’s Web, which subsequently goes missing from the bookshop. What’s inside the envelope leads Truly and her new Pumpkin Falls friends on a madcap treasure hunt around town, chasing clues that could spell danger.
Fans of Heather Vogel Frederick’s Mother-Daughter Book Club series “will rejoice for a new series with a similarly cozy New England setting, great characters, and literary references to beloved classics” (School Library Journal).
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Six months ago, 12-year-old Truly Lovejoy's life was perfect: her military family had finally settled down in Texas, and she was beginning to make friends. That was before Truly's army pilot father lost an arm in Afghanistan and decided to move the family to his hometown to take over his parents' failing bookstore. This first installment of Frederick's Pumpkin Falls Mystery series, starring an endearing middle schooler who bemoans both her name and her towering height, focuses on themes of adjustment, small-town life, and teamwork. Stuck in a "population you've-got-to-be-kidding-me Pumpkin Falls, New Hampshire" during "the coldest winter on record," Truly is distracted from her disappointment when she discovers a letter tucked inside one of the bookshop's rarest books. Soon she's on a treasure hunt, trying to find clues to a 20-year-old puzzle involving two young lovers. There are conflicts with bullies along the way, but Truly also makes an assortment of friends and acquaintances, including some eccentric citizens. Well-developed characters, a cozy community, and an intriguing mystery will warm hearts and pique readers' curiosity. Ages 8 12.
