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300 pp.
| HarperCollins/Geringer
| April, 2008
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TradeISBN 978-0-06-073708-5$16.99
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LibraryISBN 978-0-06-073709-2$17.89
(4)
4-6
Echo Falls series.
Ingrid's grandfather is the prime suspect in a murder, but the curmudgeonly WWII hero refuses to provide an alibi. In between rehearsals for Hansel and Gretel, thirteen-year-old Ingrid does some investigating of her own. Abrahams expands on subplots introduced in earlier books (e.g., Ingrid's friendship/relationship with Joey; her dad's extramarital affair), but this book's mystery isn't nearly as engaging.
375 pp.
| HarperCollins/Geringer
| April, 2005
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TradeISBN 0-06-073701-8$15.99
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LibraryISBN 0-06-073702-6$16.89
(3)
4-6
Echo Falls series.
Like her favorite detective Sherlock Holmes, thirteen-year-old Ingrid is keenly observant and stubbornly persistent. But when she learns she may have spotted a murderer, Ingrid feels as topsy-turvy as Alice in Wonderland (whom she happens to be portraying in a local theater production). Ingrid is a well-drawn character, and the Holmes and Alice comparisons are never overdone in this breezy mystery.