Monday, March 22, 2010

BotW: The Red Blazer Girls

The Red Blazer Girls by Michael Beil, a Lonestar 2010 award recipient, is a mystery story in the truest sense of the word. The novel begins with Sophie sitting in class listening to her teacher talk about a particularly creepy scene from the classic Great Expectations. When she happens to look out her classroom window and sees a strange face looking back at from a high window across the school, Sophie screams! Afterwards, Sophie teams up with her best friends, Margaret and Rebecca, and together the three agree to investigate the mysterious identity of the person in the church.

I proclaim The Red Blazer Girls to be mystery's mystery book because the book reminds me of the classic Scooby Doo cartoons I watched when I was a kid. Full of clues, mysterious villains, creepy locations, and great plots twists, the Red Blazer Girls isn't scary, but puzzling. Like Scooby, Shaggy, and the rest of the gang, the Red Blazer Girls stumble upon a case, gather clues, hide under tables, meet a strange boy, and endeavor to solve a mystery.

Intrigued? Check out The Red Blazer Girls today!


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