Thursday, July 19, 2007

secrets on 26th street


Title: Secrets on 26th Street
Author: Elizabeth McDacid Jones
Genre: Mystery
The story took place during 1914. Susan, (main character) is the oldest child of her family. She has two younger sisters and a widowed mother. Susan's mother has to work full time, and night shifts to have enough money for the family. They are 4 months late on rent. To help make more money, her family invites a boarder Bea to stay with them. Susan really like Bea, they share a lot of secrets with each other, Susan believes that they both have a special relationship with one and other. As the story continues, Susan disguises herself as a boy and works at a barbershop to earn some money for the family. At once, when she was going to work, she saw Bea talking to a rich society woman, and Susan's mean and rude landload. Susan started to be curious. And later one day Susan's mother and Bea had an argument. After a few days, Susan's mother disappeared. Susan got worried and started searching for her mother, and followed Bea one day. The story continues on finding Susan's mom, finding about who Bea really is, and some more hidden secrets.

I liked the book. The book made me not to put it down. I was very anxious to find out what happened to Susan's mother, and who Bea is. If any of you likes mystery/suspense genre books, then this will be a good one.


Branch: Miliken Mills

Mina

1 comment:

Markham Public Libraries Teen Staff said...

Hi, Mina:

Great story. Now I want to know what happens to Bea, Susan and Bea's mother.

Great description of the story.

Catherine