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Platt, Kin

A Mystery for Thoreau

162 pp. | Farrar | October, 2008 | Trade ISBN 978-0-374-35337-7 $16.00
(4) YA A woman is murdered near Walden Pond, and teenage reporter Oliver Puckle needs Henry David Thoreau's insight to solve the case. Despite the cast of vibrant characters, including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Louisa May Alcott, and a mysterious lady from Boston, the story can be plodding. In this posthumously published work, Platt's research is obvious through fact-dense text and literary name-dropping.
Reviewer: Chelsey Philpot

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