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149 pp.
| Atheneum |
June, 2001 |
TradeISBN 0-689-83464-0$$16.00
(2)
4-6
A church with a labyrinthine basement is the late-nineteenth-century New York setting for a frothy mix of villains, heroes, and mystery as orphaned Robin, trying to save his baby brother from their cruel stepfather, joins a group of street boys in their hideout. Though the book doesn't quite measure up to Wallace's earlier works, devotees of gothic mysteries may nevertheless find it a pleasant diversion.
Reviewer: Mary M. Burns
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
September, 2001