| Mister Death's Blue-Eyed Girls Contributor(s): Hahn, Mary Downing (Author) |
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ISBN: 0544022246 ISBN-13: 9780544022249 Publisher: Clarion Books OUR PRICE: $9.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Mysteries & Detective Stories - Young Adult Fiction | Law & Crime - Young Adult Fiction | Girls & Women |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 700 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.5" W x 8.3" (0.75 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Death/Dying - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age - Sex & Gender - Girl's Interest - Chronological Period - 1950's - Locality - Baltimore, Maryland - Geographic Orientation - Maryland - Topical - Teen - Topical - Girl's Interest - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 151900 Reading Level: 4.3 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 11.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Based on an actual crime in 1955, this YA novel is at once a mystery and a coming-of-age story. The brutal murder of two teenage girls on the last day of Nora Cunningham's junior year in high school throws Nora into turmoil. Her certainties--friendships, religion, her prudence, her resolve to find a boyfriend taller than she is--are shaken or cast off altogether. Most people in Elmgrove, Maryland, share the comforting conviction that Buddy Novak, who had every reason to want his ex-girlfriend dead, is responsible for the killings. Nora agrees at first, then begins to doubt Buddy's guilt, and finally comes to believe him innocent--the lone dissenting voice in Elmgrove. Told from several different perspectives, including that of the murderer, Mister Death's Blue-Eyed Girls is a suspenseful page-turner with a powerful human drama at its core. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hahn, Mary Downing: - Mary Downing Hahn, a former children's librarian, is the award-winning author of many popular ghost stories. Her work has won more than fifty child-voted state awards. An avid reader, traveler, and all-around arts lover, Ms. Hahn lives in Columbia, Maryland. Visit her online at www.marydowninghahnbooks.com. |