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Phantom Victory
A teenage boy and girl, aided by ancestral ghosts, embark on a treasure hunt to find an heirloom necklace hidden years earlier by a guest at South Bass Island's historic Victory Hotel.
128 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1994
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Pamela F. Service
38 books48 followersBorn in Berkeley, California, Pamela F. Service grew up loving to hear, read, and tell stories - particularly about weird stuff. Pamela earned a BA in Political Science from UC Berkeley followed by an MA in history and archaeology from the University of London.
She spent many years living in Bloomington, Indiana, writing, serving on the city council, and being curator of a history museum. She has a grown daughter, Alex, who is also a museum curator. Pamela is now living in Eureka, California, where she writes, works as a museum curator, and acts in community theater.
She spent many years living in Bloomington, Indiana, writing, serving on the city council, and being curator of a history museum. She has a grown daughter, Alex, who is also a museum curator. Pamela is now living in Eureka, California, where she writes, works as a museum curator, and acts in community theater.
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June 10, 2020
This is one I read once or twice in middle school and it was one of my favorites. I remember the boy and girl going on a kind of scavenger hunt based on this riddle, so they were going around looking for the places that the riddle mentioned to solve the clue and the old mystery. I remember thinking it was so clever and so much fun.
I didn't remember the ties of their two ancestors. Terri was reliving her Great-uncle Joseph's death at the Victory Hotel. He'd gone in to save things from the fire and had seen his love at the top of the stairs beckoning to him, Brian's Great-aunt Sophie. Terri is an island girl who got a summer job excavating at the hotel site to restore it.
Brian started getting a weird vibe from the island and kept thinking about his aunt drowning here. He saw the ghost of a woman going up the hill, except he didn't realize it was a ghost, and found his aunt's diary on a rock.
Mr. Stephenson accused the diggers and workers of stealing it. He'd bought it at an antique store and had made copies of the diary, and invested in the project. She suspected Brian since he'd been in that area so she confronted him and he was indeed reading it. He dared her to read it herself before turning it in.
I liked that he said Terri would be a good girl to brag about to the guys back home, if it wasn't for her attitude though. Their sparring was entertaining, each thinking the worst of the other.
Terri realized that the ghost she sees at her house is her uncle Joe. Her dad said he went on to become an eligible bachelor but he never married after his girlfriend died. I was disappointed that Sophie had only seen him as a friend and there was nothing romantic there. Sophie was only 14 when she died. They always played tricks and pranks, and she had been setting up an adventure for him to solve. She'd hidden her mom's emerald necklace, the one her mom promised to give to the hotel to save it, and when she was trying to get it back, she died before she could. So that made sense to why Mr. Stephenson wanted the diary so badly.
I was irritated with Terri for turning the diary back in. She had already heard that Mr. Stephenson wasn't letting Dr. Kelso read the original so clearly something was up there. But at least she lied about reading it herself, and she didn't mention Brian by name, or that he'd taken the letter at the back.
It was funny that Brian wanted to have his picture taken with Terri, especially when he saw her in shorts and a tank top. And when the cave guide thought they were together, Terri thought it would cause a little competition with the native guys and make them pay more attention to her.
The poems that Sophie wrote as clues were way too mature and advanced for a child to write. And it was unrealistic that these two could bust the clues so easily. Brian knew that the laurel winner was in reference to laurel wreaths being presented to winners of battles. It was convenient that Brian's dad studies stars and so he knew the constellation mentioned in the clue. And he knew that shingles was another word for beach because his mom listens to old folk songs.
Stephenson was following them all over the island, showing up at every spot they were at. He threatened them away from continuing the hunt. I didn't follow all of the clues and how they arrived at the letters, and I didn't know that each clue led to a letter that spelled a word that would be the name of the necklace's hiding spot, so I was a bit list at times. But it was smart of Brian to take the brick that had the letter painted on the back at the fish hatchery so Stephenson couldn't get it.
I was so upset that Mr. Stephenson had taken the Norman castle clue so they had to put another zero in place of a letter. But at least they had taken the lighthouse clue and didn't give it to him when he told them to.
They spent a day throwing Mr. Stephenson off the trail, determined to make him think they'd given up. At one point when they left the local restaurant, they held hands outside. They'd both had fun.
It got to the part where they pieces what few letters they had thought it was L__TZ's C_V_. And they thought it was somebody's cove. I remember thinking how cool the cove aspect was, how magical.
His parents were looking to buy a summer place so they could keep coming back. They had Brian go through the listings and he saw one that said Lintz's and it had a cave. So it was Lentz's Cave and not cove.
I was shocked but thrilled that Brian was so excited he went to Terri's work at the excavation site and kissed her on the lips, and called her honey and suggested she leave early. That's the kind of action I like in a teen book. Give us a little something!
They searched the cave and I liked the details about the locals letting others search their caves for money, and people naming the rock formations on whatever someone thinks it vaguely looks like. The necklace was inside a box under a rock, and predictably Stephenson appeared at that moment. Terri had said he'd had to work at the job site since Kelso was gone, so he shouldn't have been there, but obviously there had to be some conflict.
He threatened to kill them if they didn't hand it over, hadn't bought their show and had a copy of the newspaper ad that Brian had. Brian had mentioned an auction that wasn't until tomorrow. Come on, Brian! He aimed a gun at Terri but Sophie's ghost appeared and distracted him. I loved that Brian used his flashlight to hit the gun out of Stephenson's hand.
It was so exciting when they hid from Stephenson in the water in one of the tunnels and Terri figured out it connected to the lake, so they swam through the underwater tunnel and out. I was so irritated when they were drying on a beach and Stephenson found them. It was ridiculous that he thought to look there. He was going to kill them and hide them in the cave, but Kelso appeared and he split. It was funny that he asked the kids if Stephenson had thought his trowel was a gun. He'd checked into Stephenson's claims because things weren't adding up and his business backings were fake.
Kelso had seen the ghosts of Joe and Sophie on the hill, though he thought they were real kids, and that's how he'd found Terri and Brian. Terri gave the necklace to Brian to present since it was his family's, and he turned them over to Kelso for the hotel.
It ended before anything major happened. I was so extremely disappointed. There was a ranger waiting at Stephenson's car. We don't even know what kind of sentence he'll get. Brian mentioned that house as one his family could live in, and Terri made a comment about him being a native and he would love it. They held hands which was nice, and realized the ghosts would probably leave since their game was finished. But I was looking forward to his parents being told of the jewel, and them agreeing to give it over. I wanted the hotel to be built, and for them to stay there. I wanted to know what the excavation found and what the new hotel would look like.
It was so cool that she based this on a real story. There was a Victory Hotel that burned down in 1919. And all the sites in the book are real places, except the cave. She also created Joe and Sophie and the necklace.
This stands out in a sea of ghost stories. It was so absolutely creative and unique. It was so much fun to go along for the ride with them as they hunted for clues. I wish the clues had been easier to decipher and that they'd found them all.
This was such a pleasure to read. Another one of my favorite books from childhood that made such a good re-read. It had a little bit of everything, a ghost story, adventure, a little romance, and humor. It’s so unique and creative the way she came up with the hunt around town with all those sights.
I didn't remember the ties of their two ancestors. Terri was reliving her Great-uncle Joseph's death at the Victory Hotel. He'd gone in to save things from the fire and had seen his love at the top of the stairs beckoning to him, Brian's Great-aunt Sophie. Terri is an island girl who got a summer job excavating at the hotel site to restore it.
Brian started getting a weird vibe from the island and kept thinking about his aunt drowning here. He saw the ghost of a woman going up the hill, except he didn't realize it was a ghost, and found his aunt's diary on a rock.
Mr. Stephenson accused the diggers and workers of stealing it. He'd bought it at an antique store and had made copies of the diary, and invested in the project. She suspected Brian since he'd been in that area so she confronted him and he was indeed reading it. He dared her to read it herself before turning it in.
I liked that he said Terri would be a good girl to brag about to the guys back home, if it wasn't for her attitude though. Their sparring was entertaining, each thinking the worst of the other.
Terri realized that the ghost she sees at her house is her uncle Joe. Her dad said he went on to become an eligible bachelor but he never married after his girlfriend died. I was disappointed that Sophie had only seen him as a friend and there was nothing romantic there. Sophie was only 14 when she died. They always played tricks and pranks, and she had been setting up an adventure for him to solve. She'd hidden her mom's emerald necklace, the one her mom promised to give to the hotel to save it, and when she was trying to get it back, she died before she could. So that made sense to why Mr. Stephenson wanted the diary so badly.
I was irritated with Terri for turning the diary back in. She had already heard that Mr. Stephenson wasn't letting Dr. Kelso read the original so clearly something was up there. But at least she lied about reading it herself, and she didn't mention Brian by name, or that he'd taken the letter at the back.
It was funny that Brian wanted to have his picture taken with Terri, especially when he saw her in shorts and a tank top. And when the cave guide thought they were together, Terri thought it would cause a little competition with the native guys and make them pay more attention to her.
The poems that Sophie wrote as clues were way too mature and advanced for a child to write. And it was unrealistic that these two could bust the clues so easily. Brian knew that the laurel winner was in reference to laurel wreaths being presented to winners of battles. It was convenient that Brian's dad studies stars and so he knew the constellation mentioned in the clue. And he knew that shingles was another word for beach because his mom listens to old folk songs.
Stephenson was following them all over the island, showing up at every spot they were at. He threatened them away from continuing the hunt. I didn't follow all of the clues and how they arrived at the letters, and I didn't know that each clue led to a letter that spelled a word that would be the name of the necklace's hiding spot, so I was a bit list at times. But it was smart of Brian to take the brick that had the letter painted on the back at the fish hatchery so Stephenson couldn't get it.
I was so upset that Mr. Stephenson had taken the Norman castle clue so they had to put another zero in place of a letter. But at least they had taken the lighthouse clue and didn't give it to him when he told them to.
They spent a day throwing Mr. Stephenson off the trail, determined to make him think they'd given up. At one point when they left the local restaurant, they held hands outside. They'd both had fun.
It got to the part where they pieces what few letters they had thought it was L__TZ's C_V_. And they thought it was somebody's cove. I remember thinking how cool the cove aspect was, how magical.
His parents were looking to buy a summer place so they could keep coming back. They had Brian go through the listings and he saw one that said Lintz's and it had a cave. So it was Lentz's Cave and not cove.
I was shocked but thrilled that Brian was so excited he went to Terri's work at the excavation site and kissed her on the lips, and called her honey and suggested she leave early. That's the kind of action I like in a teen book. Give us a little something!
They searched the cave and I liked the details about the locals letting others search their caves for money, and people naming the rock formations on whatever someone thinks it vaguely looks like. The necklace was inside a box under a rock, and predictably Stephenson appeared at that moment. Terri had said he'd had to work at the job site since Kelso was gone, so he shouldn't have been there, but obviously there had to be some conflict.
He threatened to kill them if they didn't hand it over, hadn't bought their show and had a copy of the newspaper ad that Brian had. Brian had mentioned an auction that wasn't until tomorrow. Come on, Brian! He aimed a gun at Terri but Sophie's ghost appeared and distracted him. I loved that Brian used his flashlight to hit the gun out of Stephenson's hand.
It was so exciting when they hid from Stephenson in the water in one of the tunnels and Terri figured out it connected to the lake, so they swam through the underwater tunnel and out. I was so irritated when they were drying on a beach and Stephenson found them. It was ridiculous that he thought to look there. He was going to kill them and hide them in the cave, but Kelso appeared and he split. It was funny that he asked the kids if Stephenson had thought his trowel was a gun. He'd checked into Stephenson's claims because things weren't adding up and his business backings were fake.
Kelso had seen the ghosts of Joe and Sophie on the hill, though he thought they were real kids, and that's how he'd found Terri and Brian. Terri gave the necklace to Brian to present since it was his family's, and he turned them over to Kelso for the hotel.
It ended before anything major happened. I was so extremely disappointed. There was a ranger waiting at Stephenson's car. We don't even know what kind of sentence he'll get. Brian mentioned that house as one his family could live in, and Terri made a comment about him being a native and he would love it. They held hands which was nice, and realized the ghosts would probably leave since their game was finished. But I was looking forward to his parents being told of the jewel, and them agreeing to give it over. I wanted the hotel to be built, and for them to stay there. I wanted to know what the excavation found and what the new hotel would look like.
It was so cool that she based this on a real story. There was a Victory Hotel that burned down in 1919. And all the sites in the book are real places, except the cave. She also created Joe and Sophie and the necklace.
This stands out in a sea of ghost stories. It was so absolutely creative and unique. It was so much fun to go along for the ride with them as they hunted for clues. I wish the clues had been easier to decipher and that they'd found them all.
This was such a pleasure to read. Another one of my favorite books from childhood that made such a good re-read. It had a little bit of everything, a ghost story, adventure, a little romance, and humor. It’s so unique and creative the way she came up with the hunt around town with all those sights.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 14, 2020
My sister read this when we were kids and passed it along to me. Idr much at all about this, just the girl looking at him pointedly for him to pay when they were out somewhere, & possibly a scene in a cave. That's it really.
I was shocked to read they were in HS because this looked like a kids book, like middle school. They don’t look like HS kids.
This guy’s POV is a lot different from the YA today, but I guess this is how it was back then. It just felt more middle grade to me.
I wasn’t crazy about either character in the beginning, with Terri and her opinions on tourists visiting the island, although to be honest, I’d probably feel the same way. And Brian not being excited about being there, was bored to death. I did like him better than Terri, although it didn’t take too long before they started being more friendly to each other, and they start working together.
Terri was a little on the harsh side, not a friendly, warm heroine.
It was so romantic how Terri’s great-grandpa Joe worked at the hotel and Brian’s great-aunt Sophie visited each summer.
It was nice of her mom to want to donate her diamond and emerald necklace to save the hotel from financial trouble. Sophie hid the necklace for Joe to find but died before she gave him the clues. He lived ten or eleven more years after her but died in the hotel fire. He died an eligible bachelor, never getting over Sophie. But they hadn't actually dated.
It was annoying when Terri gave the diary back to Stephenson when she knew he hasn't showed his partner or workers the entire journal, so he's clearly hiding something. She goes and hands it right back to him, and he ends up being the bad guy. Which wasn’t surprising. It’s pretty obvious because of his attitude.
I liked when they decided to try and search for the necklace, that it would be a new element Sophie and Joe hadn't thought of, of turning it into a race. Because Terri and Brian had to find it before Stephenson did.
It was exciting getting to the scene I remembered!!
Pg68-'"We'll skip the winery tour," Terri said firmly to the ticket seller, "and just see the cave." Opening her belt pack, she plunged down her money and looked meaningfully at Brian until he hurriedly added his.'
It's crazy that I remembered that, such a small detail, but didn’t even remember the plot.
It's cute Brian's mom thinks they're dating, the tour guide thinks they're dating. Brian thought she was 'good-enough looking, all right' and she thought he was 'not bad-looking, after all,' and that competition would make locals pay a little more attention. Lol
I loved they had those thoughts about the other one and that you know they'd never share them out loud. Cause they started as enemies, each thinking the other is snooty and mean.
At one point he thinks she would be nice to brag about to his friends at home, and when she's wearing a tank top and shorts he thinks about taking a picture of her to show his friends.
The clues were ridiculously hard. No way HS kids could figure that out. Even adults would have a hard time with it. Myself included. I felt like an idiot not being able to solve the clues!
I didn't know each clue would have a letter they have to solve, so after guessing the poem they go to that place and figure out or find an actual letter, so it'll end up making a word when they're all solved. I also didn't understand how some of the clues had a zero for the answer. They would say zeroes for some of the clues, and I was thinking how are numbers gonna end up being a word?! Then they ended up saying blanks for some of the clues, for the ones they hadn’t solved, and I thought why were they saying zero earlier?
It was unlikely the clues would still be there & that Stephenson starts to find the clues the same time they do.
It was also a bit of a stretch that a HS kid knew the word sinister also meant left, and that shingle is another word for beach. The excuse is that his mom sings folk songs with that word in them, or something like that. His dad is into astronomy so he knows the constellations for one of the poems. He also knew laurel wreaths were given to winners in battle. This is clearly something the author knew, or that she researched, because I've never heard of that.
Especially unlikely he'd know what a possessive was, as in an apostrophe after a place or person showing ownership. Didn't know that was called possessive…It’s been a long time since I’ve been in an English class. I thought the author must be an English teacher.
I was glad there was a cave scene in here, so my memory was right after all!
Since Sophie was Brian's ancestor he should have been the one lifting the necklace out of the box when they found it in the cave. They only opened the box together because she couldn't get it open herself, then she lifts his great-aunts necklace out.
I was so annoyed when they swam through the underwater chamber and got to land, and then Stephenson found them there, a cave passage having led to the private beach.
I wanted the kids to sneak off and get the cops. But I was glad Dr. Kelso was there, and Stephenson goes running. Kelso was holding a trowel and he's like "I wonder if Keith thought that was a gun" and chortled.
He had found out Stephenson's financial backing wasn't legit and then found the original diary and figured out what his partner was really after. He showed up at the old house with a park ranger, who was waiting at Stephenson’s car. That would have been a good scene to have, with him getting arrested.
I loved that Kelso saw "two kids" on the cliffs, looking down to where Terri and Brian were, a boy in brown and a girl in white. They were the ghosts of their ancestors they had been seeing.
Terri realizes Brian should present the necklace so she gives it to him to give to Dr. Kelso, which was good she finally realized that.
I love that Brian's family wanted to buy a summer home there and that Brian mentioned getting a house with four acres, beachfront with a cave, which was the Lentz Cove house where the jewels were hidden, so you know he'll be coming back. And Terri jokes he'll be a native before he knows it,& he says loving every minute of it. It was so different from when he first got there, and I liked the transformation in them.
The ending was lacking in that I expected a good ending with the ghosts. Like for them to speak/and or have a scene of them moving on to the other side. Ooh, even better if they fast-forwarded a few years to when the hotel was built and they could show the ghosts of their ancestors there and then them passing on to the other side.
This story could have been drawn out even longer. This took place over a really short time frame. Like a few days or a week. I wish it had taken all summer. It would have been more believable in finding the clues over the course of summer, rather than a few days.
This was a cute story with a cute ending. A pretty simple book. A little far-fetched and unrealistic on certain aspects, like how easy it was to solve the clues.
I also wish it had more romance. There was the one kiss Brian gave her for appearance’s sake, and it would have been nice to have another at the end.
There was a little humor in here, so that was good.
It's even more special because the setting is real, and all the places the clues were hid are real too, besides the last cave. Talk about getting inspiration from a place. Very creative. The Victory Hotel was even real, and was as elegant and modern as the book tells, with luxuries like electric lights, trolley services and a co-ed pool, all mentioned in the book. It also was lost in a fire. The characters were fictitious as was the necklace.
This was one of the books I really enjoyed as a kid. And I wish there were more like this.
Gave it three stars from memory, keeping it as three.
I was shocked to read they were in HS because this looked like a kids book, like middle school. They don’t look like HS kids.
This guy’s POV is a lot different from the YA today, but I guess this is how it was back then. It just felt more middle grade to me.
I wasn’t crazy about either character in the beginning, with Terri and her opinions on tourists visiting the island, although to be honest, I’d probably feel the same way. And Brian not being excited about being there, was bored to death. I did like him better than Terri, although it didn’t take too long before they started being more friendly to each other, and they start working together.
Terri was a little on the harsh side, not a friendly, warm heroine.
It was so romantic how Terri’s great-grandpa Joe worked at the hotel and Brian’s great-aunt Sophie visited each summer.
It was nice of her mom to want to donate her diamond and emerald necklace to save the hotel from financial trouble. Sophie hid the necklace for Joe to find but died before she gave him the clues. He lived ten or eleven more years after her but died in the hotel fire. He died an eligible bachelor, never getting over Sophie. But they hadn't actually dated.
It was annoying when Terri gave the diary back to Stephenson when she knew he hasn't showed his partner or workers the entire journal, so he's clearly hiding something. She goes and hands it right back to him, and he ends up being the bad guy. Which wasn’t surprising. It’s pretty obvious because of his attitude.
I liked when they decided to try and search for the necklace, that it would be a new element Sophie and Joe hadn't thought of, of turning it into a race. Because Terri and Brian had to find it before Stephenson did.
It was exciting getting to the scene I remembered!!
Pg68-'"We'll skip the winery tour," Terri said firmly to the ticket seller, "and just see the cave." Opening her belt pack, she plunged down her money and looked meaningfully at Brian until he hurriedly added his.'
It's crazy that I remembered that, such a small detail, but didn’t even remember the plot.
It's cute Brian's mom thinks they're dating, the tour guide thinks they're dating. Brian thought she was 'good-enough looking, all right' and she thought he was 'not bad-looking, after all,' and that competition would make locals pay a little more attention. Lol
I loved they had those thoughts about the other one and that you know they'd never share them out loud. Cause they started as enemies, each thinking the other is snooty and mean.
At one point he thinks she would be nice to brag about to his friends at home, and when she's wearing a tank top and shorts he thinks about taking a picture of her to show his friends.
The clues were ridiculously hard. No way HS kids could figure that out. Even adults would have a hard time with it. Myself included. I felt like an idiot not being able to solve the clues!
I didn't know each clue would have a letter they have to solve, so after guessing the poem they go to that place and figure out or find an actual letter, so it'll end up making a word when they're all solved. I also didn't understand how some of the clues had a zero for the answer. They would say zeroes for some of the clues, and I was thinking how are numbers gonna end up being a word?! Then they ended up saying blanks for some of the clues, for the ones they hadn’t solved, and I thought why were they saying zero earlier?
It was unlikely the clues would still be there & that Stephenson starts to find the clues the same time they do.
It was also a bit of a stretch that a HS kid knew the word sinister also meant left, and that shingle is another word for beach. The excuse is that his mom sings folk songs with that word in them, or something like that. His dad is into astronomy so he knows the constellations for one of the poems. He also knew laurel wreaths were given to winners in battle. This is clearly something the author knew, or that she researched, because I've never heard of that.
Especially unlikely he'd know what a possessive was, as in an apostrophe after a place or person showing ownership. Didn't know that was called possessive…It’s been a long time since I’ve been in an English class. I thought the author must be an English teacher.
I was glad there was a cave scene in here, so my memory was right after all!
Since Sophie was Brian's ancestor he should have been the one lifting the necklace out of the box when they found it in the cave. They only opened the box together because she couldn't get it open herself, then she lifts his great-aunts necklace out.
I was so annoyed when they swam through the underwater chamber and got to land, and then Stephenson found them there, a cave passage having led to the private beach.
I wanted the kids to sneak off and get the cops. But I was glad Dr. Kelso was there, and Stephenson goes running. Kelso was holding a trowel and he's like "I wonder if Keith thought that was a gun" and chortled.
He had found out Stephenson's financial backing wasn't legit and then found the original diary and figured out what his partner was really after. He showed up at the old house with a park ranger, who was waiting at Stephenson’s car. That would have been a good scene to have, with him getting arrested.
I loved that Kelso saw "two kids" on the cliffs, looking down to where Terri and Brian were, a boy in brown and a girl in white. They were the ghosts of their ancestors they had been seeing.
Terri realizes Brian should present the necklace so she gives it to him to give to Dr. Kelso, which was good she finally realized that.
I love that Brian's family wanted to buy a summer home there and that Brian mentioned getting a house with four acres, beachfront with a cave, which was the Lentz Cove house where the jewels were hidden, so you know he'll be coming back. And Terri jokes he'll be a native before he knows it,& he says loving every minute of it. It was so different from when he first got there, and I liked the transformation in them.
The ending was lacking in that I expected a good ending with the ghosts. Like for them to speak/and or have a scene of them moving on to the other side. Ooh, even better if they fast-forwarded a few years to when the hotel was built and they could show the ghosts of their ancestors there and then them passing on to the other side.
This story could have been drawn out even longer. This took place over a really short time frame. Like a few days or a week. I wish it had taken all summer. It would have been more believable in finding the clues over the course of summer, rather than a few days.
This was a cute story with a cute ending. A pretty simple book. A little far-fetched and unrealistic on certain aspects, like how easy it was to solve the clues.
I also wish it had more romance. There was the one kiss Brian gave her for appearance’s sake, and it would have been nice to have another at the end.
There was a little humor in here, so that was good.
It's even more special because the setting is real, and all the places the clues were hid are real too, besides the last cave. Talk about getting inspiration from a place. Very creative. The Victory Hotel was even real, and was as elegant and modern as the book tells, with luxuries like electric lights, trolley services and a co-ed pool, all mentioned in the book. It also was lost in a fire. The characters were fictitious as was the necklace.
This was one of the books I really enjoyed as a kid. And I wish there were more like this.
Gave it three stars from memory, keeping it as three.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 13, 2021
A good old-fashioned mystery, not unlike Nancy Drew. Writing styles have changed in Juvenile literature since I last read this 25 years ago. Still a good story.
May 17, 2016
There is always something that relates and matters to your life anywhere, even to the places you didn't like to be there. Being curious and courageous unlocks your will of learning for your self and giving in for the others that may affect their past, present and future.
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