Windows on the Hill

Summerhill Secrets #9

by Beverly Lewis

When her parents are away, Merry Hanson hopes to take advantage of her stay with Miss Ruby Spindler to find out what secrets "Old Hawk Eyes" is hiding, but her visit is marred by worries about the disappearance of her cat, Abednego, although she trusts that God is looking out for him.Merry Hanson hopes to take advantage of her stay with Miss Ruby Spindler to find out what secrets "Old Hawk Eyes" is hiding, but her visit is marred by worries about the disappearance of her cat, Abednego, although she trusts that God is looking out for him

Genres: Christian Fiction, Christian, Amish, Teen, Collections, Fiction, Audiobook

144 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1999

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

Beverly Lewis, raised in Pennsylvania Amish country and both a schoolteacher and an accomplished musician, has been an award-winning author for over a dozen years. Her acclaimed novel, The Preacher's Daughter, was a 2006 Quill Book Award finalist in the romance category. Her books have appeared on numerous bestseller lists, including USA Today and The New York Times. She and her husband, David, live in Colorado."

Reviews

[Arjaye-Rose Brewer · Rating 5 out of 5]

This one was so funny a missing cat and a mystery to solve too. I was surprised by how Mrs Spindler knows everything that is going on, not quite what I’d thought but just as funny. Never had I imagined Merry would go and stay with Mrs Spindler too I wondered how that was going to go.

[Leah · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this one. It involves a missing cat and spying. I enjoyed the missing cat storyline more than the spying and snooping one. Although, I did like seeing the way the two came together. The second storyline explains how Ruby knew what was happening in town, which wasn't what I expected it to be.

[Alyssa DeLeon · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book really did have a good storyline but I am still not a big fan of how immature and childish our main character is. I also wish it had more of a Scriptural wrap-up with Merry applying lessons learned to her life.

[Karina (Karina's Christian Reads) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Number of pages: 353-448

Genre: Amish fiction

Series: Summerhill Secrets #9 (Should be read in order)

Age recommendation: 13/14+

Summary: With her parents gone on a trip, Merry’s neighbour Ruby Spindler offers to care for her. Finally, the perfect opportunity for Merry to discover the secrets hiding in “Old Hawk Eyes’” house…

My thoughts: Finally, the mystery of Old Hawk Eyes’ spying is discovered. This was such a satisfying book to read. (This has actually been bugging me for the entire series; I think I was just as invested as Merry and Skip were in finding out how their nosy neighbour knew everything). I was disappointed that Miss Spindler didn’t have the high-powered telescope they were always talking about, but I guess the image of her trying to work one of those ‘newfangled computers’ is good enough
It’s sad when Merry’s cat Abednego gets lost; I can’t believe this series made me care so much about what happened to a fictitious cat in a book. I am not a pet person at all – not that I hate animals, I don’t – I just don’t tend to care too much when the main character's pet gets lost or dies.
I did love that Skip and Merry get to start appreciating each other; it’s hard to cherish your siblings when you’re little kids, but once you're grown up it seems to get easier and it's nice that Merry and Skip can be friends now.

My personal rating: 4/5 stars.

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[Brenda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ok mostly giving this three stars for the missing cat storyline, anyone who has ever had a pet disappear, the not knowing is by far the worst.

Secondary storyline, we finally learn how Miss Spindler aka Old Hawk Eyes sees everything and I have to say, without spoiling the "surprise" for anyone...it sucked..made no sense and actually betrayed the Amish and sorry but you have to read it to find out what I mean..not at all like Beverly Lewis, I'm going to chop it up to her being tired of writing for this series maybe, she only did 3 series that were 10 books long, the rest go for like 5 or 6 maximum, so she was still learning her limits when she wrote this.

[Sandra · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sweet quick read

[Paige · Rating 5 out of 5]

still a favorite of mine!

[Donna Bagby · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Code name"

Loved this story. Merry finally understands her neighbor as not strange but very kind.
I have really enjoyed listening to all the stories of Beverly Lewis.

[Megan Rang · Rating 4 out of 5]

I cute story about not judging people without truly getting to know them.