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373 pp.
| Holt/Ottaviano |
January, 2018 |
TradeISBN 978-1-250-12388-6$16.99
(3)
4-6
Illustrated by
Chloe Bristol.
Spending Christmas away from her dour aunt and uncle at a Catskills-style grand hotel, eleven-year-old Elizabeth makes a new friend, Freddy, who is a fellow puzzle fanatic. But Elizabeth and Freddy's puzzle-solving attempts uncover a mystery that may threaten the entire hotel. Word ladders and codes abound in this magic-tinged winter holiday mind-boggler, which ends with a possible new family for Elizabeth.