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Thames Doesn't Rhyme with James (Serendipity Scavenger Hunt #2)
London at Christmas...It's the perfect place for Kendra to spend lots of time alone with Frank. But then they find out their parents have planned another scavenger hunt, one that includes sights all over London, and this time there will be three little kids tagging along with them. Will they ever be alone? Will their parents ever start to treat them like adults?
Paperback, 144 pages
Published
August 30th 1999
by Puffin
(first published October 19th 1994)
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I remember reading this when I was in middle school.
However, I struggled with remembering the title except that it contained "Thames"
All I remember that it was set in London, and a family set up a scavenger hunt all over London while a teenage girl struggles to find time with the guy she likes.
If I can remember those vague details even though the last time I read that book was 12 years ago, then it must have been a good book in a way.
However, I struggled with remembering the title except that it contained "Thames"
All I remember that it was set in London, and a family set up a scavenger hunt all over London while a teenage girl struggles to find time with the guy she likes.
If I can remember those vague details even though the last time I read that book was 12 years ago, then it must have been a good book in a way.
Read this one a long time ago. Probably one of the first YA books I smuggled from my sister's room way back in the days when people were worried about Y2K and not the Mayan prophecy (yeah, I'm that old). It's pretty good. Very vanilla by today's YA's standards. But it has a nostalgic feel about it.
Aug 04, 2011
Susan
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Wow. Paula Danziger's books just get worse and worse. Her knowledge of teens is seriously dated. The predicaments in this book are trite and uninteresting.
I got some children's lit free, and this was from an author I remember reading, so thought I would read it. It was a nice story.
Oct 19, 2010
Alisalias
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This book taught me the correct pronunciation of Thames.
Dec 11, 2010
Jase
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Awful. "Poisonous Pedagogy"
I think it was this book that made me want to travel to London. A lot of what I said about "Remember Me to Harold Square" is relevant here too, so I won't be repeating anything. I will say, however, that Ms. Danziger was just as capable of writing entertaining teen fiction as she was writing children's fiction.
I loved Remember me to Harold Square when I was young but only discovered this sequel recently! 15 year old Kendra returns in this book to go on a scavenger hunt in London. There are some family/boyfriend dramas, and jokes a plenty, but overall I admit I preferred the first book. Short but fun!
How is there a sequel to one of my most-beloved 80s YA books, that I never read? I need to seek this out immediately.
Not as good as it's prequel "Remember Me To Harold Square" but still a great read.
10/21/06
Re-read April 2013.
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Born in Washington, D.C. and raised in New York, Paula Danziger knew since the second grade that she wanted to be a writer. Throughout her career, she wrote a collection of children's stories, including The Cat Ate my Gymsuit, The Divorce Express and, more recently, the Amber Brown series.
Danziger loved to travel and meet young kids all over the world. She was embraced by her audience for her abil...more
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