Abrahams, Peter. Down the rabbit hole; an Echo Falls mystery.ABRAHAMS, Peter. Down the rabbit hole; an Echo Falls mystery. HarperTrophy. 407p. c2005. 0-06-073703-4. $6.99. JS * To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, March 2005: Abrahams is known as a writer of crime stories for adults; this is his first foray into Verb 1. foray into - enter someone else's territory and take spoils; "The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly" raid encroach upon, intrude on, obtrude upon, invade - to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate; "This new colleague invades my YA literature in a book that will appeal to all ages. The main character is Ingrid, who lives with her brother and parents in a small town in Connecticut. Ingrid is a good athlete, a usually conscientious con·sci·en·tious adj. 1. Guided by or in accordance with the dictates of conscience; principled: a conscientious decision to speak out about injustice. 2. student, and a talented actor; she is an unlikely person to get embroiled em·broil tr.v. em·broiled, em·broil·ing, em·broils 1. To involve in argument, contention, or hostile actions: "Avoid . . . in a murder investigation. It all starts when she walks home from a soccer practice, gets lost, and is assisted by a kind woman who helps her get a taxi home. Later it turns out this nice woman has been murdered, and that Ingrid had inadvertently left her soccer shoes at the woman's house hours before the murder. Ingrid sneaks out at night to return to the crime scene to retrieve her cleats: while there, she has to hide from a stranger who also has come to the room where the murder occurred. When others are accused of the murder, she knows they probably aren't guilty, but how can she come clean about her own role in all this? Ingrid's friendship with Joey Joey after Joseph Grimaldi, famous 19th-century clown. [Am. Hist.: Espy, 45] See : Clowns starts turning into a promising romance; Joey's father is the Chief of Police in Echo Falls. There are numerous interesting relationships: Ingrid and her Grampy, who surreptitiously sur·rep·ti·tious adj. 1. Obtained, done, or made by clandestine or stealthy means. 2. Acting with or marked by stealth. See Synonyms at secret. teaches her to shoot and to drive: Ingrid's brother Ty, a promising athlete whose father puts a lot of pressure on him to succeed; the acting company putting on a version of Alice in Wonderland Wonderland See also Heaven, Paradise, Utopia. Annwn land of joy and beauty without disease or death. [Welsh Lit.: Mabinogion] Atlantis fabulous and prosperous island; legendarily in Atlantic Ocean. [Gk. Myth. , starring Ingrid as Alice and perhaps featuring the true murderer. Ingrid is one of those intrepid younger teens who push the rules. She is driven by her determination to catch the true murderer of the woman who was kind to her. As in all good mysteries, the setting (the town of Echo Falls and the home of Ingrid and her family) seems completely real and the hero acts in ways most of us readers wouldn't dare to attempt. Good, smart entertainment. Claire Rosser, KLIATT J--Recommended for junior high school students. The contents are of particular interest to young adolescents and their teachers. S--Recommended for senior high school students. *--The asterisk (1) See Asterisk PBX. (2) In programming, the asterisk or "star" symbol (*) means multiplication. For example, 10 * 7 means 10 multiplied by 7. The * is also a key on computer keypads for entering expressions using multiplication. highlights exceptional books. |
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