Maggie, Too

by Joan Lowery Nixon

A defensive twelve-year-old comes to understand her father, a busy Hollywood director planning to remarry, after she is exiled for the summer to the everyday life of her grandmother's house in Houston.

101 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1985

About the author

Author of more than one hundred books, Joan Lowery Nixon is the only writer to have won four Edgar Allan Poe Awards for Juvenile Mysteries (and been nominated several other times) from the Mystery Writers of America. Creating contemporary teenage characters who have both a personal problem and a mystery to solve, Nixon captured the attention of legions of teenage readers since the publication of her first YA novel more than twenty years ago. In addition to mystery/suspense novels, she wrote nonfiction and fiction for children and middle graders, as well as several short stories. Nixon was the first person to write novels for teens about the orphan trains of the nineteenth century. She followed those with historical novels about Ellis Island and, more recently for younger readers, Colonial Williamsburg. Joan Lowery Nixon died on June 28, 2003—a great loss for all of us.

Reviews

[Rachel Lorraine · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a beautiful story of self-discovery from the perspective of Maggie, a girl sent to live with her Grandma. Based on Nixon's own experiences, the book unfolds into a beautiful story of learning to love. It takes a little getting into, but the it is a great story once you get there. Small and to the point, perfect for young readers.

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