This is the first book by Dad's cousin, Maria Padian. She lives in Maine in the same town as your cousin Matt Stuart. This is a young adult book with the main character the age of 14.
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The book is organized into 45 chapters, each one with a new vocabulary word. The word is listed at the top of each chapter and then described later in the chapter. I found this to be very irritating. I could overlook the chapter being defined by a vocabulary word but I found having the description in the chapter itself (rather than at the top with the chapter title) to be distracting.
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So, I had to force myself to read this book. I decided on reading a chapter a night. Even so, I would have dropped it after a few chapters had it not been written by a Padian. By the time I got to about page 50, I found I was enjoying the book and the characters and I was reading a few chapters each night. Before long, I left my latest mystery book sitting at the bedside table while I read this book! Overall, I really liked it - the story, the characters, how everything was tied up but also very believable. It was a good book and very enjoyable once you really get into it.
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I have a copy (given to me by Marna) so if you want to borrow it, just let me know. :)
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