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Carregando... Mystery in the Sand (1971)de Gertrude Chandler Warner
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. "This is the funniest thing," said Benny. "Here we are at Aunt Jane and Uncle Andy's new trailer at the beach. A day or so ago we were at home without the least idea of going anywhere at all." The Aldens go to the beach, find a strange old mansion inhabited by an old anti-social woman, inject themselves into her life, and find buried treasure. It's actually a pretty fun book and a pretty neat mystery, although not terribly deep and the insistence that everyone needs to come out of their shells is becoming increasingly obvious. In the tiny kitchen, the two girls worked fast, for they were hungry, too. It's kind of amazing how very sexist the books can be at times. The girls cook and the boys go on adventures. Jessie is described a number of times as the 'housekeeper'. It could very well be that's just their personalities and that's what they love to do... but I doubt that's how it came to be. A sign of the time's it was written in. And later, we get a gem like this:
It does drive me a bit batty how they seem oblivious to introverts:
And:
... why would she say that? It's not a deal breaker, but man it gets more nad more obvious. Random thoughts: "Is it some sort of Geiger counter?" I find it greatly amusing they know what a Geiger counter is (because of [b:Mystery Ranch|156813|Mystery Ranch (The Boxcar Children, #4)|Gertrude Chandler Warner|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1172264374l/156813._SX50_.jpg|1725637]) but don't know what a metal detector is. Benny said, "It must have been somebody with a lot of money. Look at those towards! One, two, three, four, five towers. Nobody would buy a house like that nowadays. sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
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A friendly writer with a metal detector, the mysterious inhabitants of a tower house, and the discovery of a locket in the sand are ingredients for the Aldens' latest mystery. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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