Summary
Following an act of vandalism against her father's girlfriend, a seventeen-year-old girl is paired by the court with an eccentric senior citizen whose hobby as a sleuth turns deadly. Abbie Thompson acts without thinking and is arrested for malicious mischief. She's assigned to a program that matches... Full description
Summary: |
Following an act of vandalism against her father's girlfriend, a seventeen-year-old girl is paired by the court with an eccentric senior citizen whose hobby as a sleuth turns deadly. Abbie Thompson acts without thinking and is arrested for malicious mischief. She's assigned to a program that matches teens with the elderly, and Abbie gets Edna Merkel, a difficult woman who's a member of the town's crime-prevention group. Mrs. Merkel brags that she's onto something big and is attacked and hospitalized. Now only Abbie can figure out who did it. |
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Item Description: |
Originally published: New York : Delacorte Press, 2000. |
Physical Description: |
200 p. ; 18 cm. |
ISBN: |
0440227607 (pbk.) : 9780440227601 (pbk.) |
Author Notes: |
She has written over 100 mystery books for young adults. She is known for her Orphan Train Adventure Series and other titles including A Family Apart, The Seance and Other Side of the Dark. Her works have earned her the honor of being the only writer to win four Edgar Allen Poe awards and in addition, two Spurs from Western Writers of America. She was a past President of the Mystery Writers of America. She died from complications of pancreatic cancer on June 28, 2003, in Houston, Texas. She was 76. (Bowker Author Biography) |