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Summy, Barrie
5 Reviews
(3)
4-6
With the ability to witness past events via magical sparkles only visible to her, thirteen-year-old Raine discovers she has moved into the house of a missing girl. Visions and run-ins with the school bully lead Raine to suspect foul play is afoot. Realistic portrayals of middle-school social drama, a well-paced plot, and an engrossing mystery compensate for any sense of magical contrivance.
Reviewer: Grace Enriquez
(3)
YA
Amateur detective Sherry Holmes Baldwin pens a winning essay about true love--only to be dumped. Heartbroken, she takes an all-expenses-paid trip to Hollywood (the prize for her essay), where she soon encounters--and, with the help of a tagalong ghost, exposes--a robbery ring. Sherry's fourth I So Don't Do outing is true to form: light mystery, middle school romance, and supernatural sidekicks.
Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger
(3)
YA
With help from her mother's ghost, her boyfriend, and her BFF, teen detective Sherry (I So Don't Do Mysteries; I So Don't Do Spooky) hunts for the saboteur of Naked Makeup. Could it be the hot-sauce vendor who's envious of the cosmetic kiosk's "primo location"? Or a junior high clique with a no-makeup-equals-better-math-and-science-grades mantra? Fans of frothy mysteries will find a lot to like.
Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger
(4)
YA
Girlie-girl detective Sherry Holmes Baldwin (I So Don't Do Mysteries)--think Nancy Drew meets Elle Woods, for the middle school set--has a mega-crazy life: her mom is a ghost, her stepmom has a stalker, and an eighth grader is after her "überwonderful" boyfriend. Throw in psychics and robotics clubs and...yep, the plot's over-the-top, but fans of mystery-flavored chick-lit-lite will zip through.
Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger
(4)
YA
After her dad gets suddenly married to "The Ruler," Sherry is shipped off to San Diego during his honeymoon. Surprisingly, Sherry's dead mother's ghost shows up, seeking assistance with an afterlife assignment: to expose a rhino-poisoner at the Wild Animal Park. Sherry, to use her own lingo, is über-whiney, but readers may enjoy her offbeat mystery.
Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger
5 reviews
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