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Many reviews focus on the overall plot--unique girl thinks she has psychic powers and wants to solve mysteries. She's quirky and a little bit annoying and fun. That part of the story gets three stars.
However, this is one of the best books I've read for teens/tweens that deal with heavy subjects--suicide and mental illness--the way kids deal. So often, parents and family members try to protect kids from the reality of mental illness by keeping secrets or blocking information. Unfortunately, this ...more
However, this is one of the best books I've read for teens/tweens that deal with heavy subjects--suicide and mental illness--the way kids deal. So often, parents and family members try to protect kids from the reality of mental illness by keeping secrets or blocking information. Unfortunately, this ...more
This was an entertaining pre-teen mystery, although I found the "psychic investigator" title a tad misleading. She's really more of a wanna-be investigator with little sense of the usual social graces, but still somehow a bit endearing. My only quibble with the audio version is that Gilda sounds too young - although this is probably mostly due to the fact that I'm used to hearing the same narrator on the Clementine books and think of her as the voice of Clementine, a much younger character. Stil
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Fun teen mystery. I'm not sure if I hate Gilda or like her - the author makes it clear that she isn't quite as smart as she thinks she is. That kind of makes me root for Gilda and get mad at the author. I don't like laughing behind people's backs.
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Dec 22, 2007
Krista the Krazy Kataloguer
marked it as to-read
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Mar 08, 2013
Clarissa
marked it as to-read
