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Down The Rabbit Hole: Summary and book reviews of Down The Rabbit Hole by Peter Abrahams, plus links to an excerpt from Down The Rabbit Hole and a biography of Peter Abrahams.
Down The Rabbit Hole An Echo Falls Mystery
by
Peter Abrahams
Hardcover: Apr 2005,
384 pages.
Paperback: May 2006,
448 pages.
Welcome to Echo Falls. Home of a thousand secrets, where
Ingrid Levin-Hill, super sleuth, never knows what will happen next.
Ingrid
is in the wrong place at the wrong time. Or at least her shoes are. Getting
them back means getting involved in a murder investigation rivaling those
solved by her idol, Sherlock Holmes, and Ingrid has enough on her plate with
club soccer, school, and the plum role of Alice in the Echo Falls production
of Alice in Wonderland. But much as in Alice's adventures down the
rabbit hole, things in Ingrid's small town keep getting curiouser and
curiouser. Her favorite director has a serious accident onstage (but is it
an accident?), and the police chief is on Ingrid's tail, grilling her about
everything from bike-helmet law to the color of her cleats. Echo Falls has
turned into a nightmare, and Ingrid is determined to wake up. Edgar
Award–nominated novelist Peter Abrahams builds suspense as a smart young
girl finds that her small town isn't nearly as safe as it seems.
Book Reviews
BookBrowse
This is a great choice for children and young teens who enjoy good mysteries, and especially by those who are sufficiently well-read to pick up on the literary allusions.
Full Review (members only, 317 words).
Publishers Weekly
Readers who stick with this intelligent, if overstuffed novel will be clamoring for answers-and more of Ingrid. Ages 10+
School Library Journal - Susan W. Hunter
Gr 6-9. Deft use of literary allusions and ironic humor add further touches of class to a topnotch mystery.
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Down The Rabbit Hole
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