Emily Upham's Revenge: A Massachusetts Adventure [Paperback]

Avi (Author), Paul O. Zelinsky (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1992

Set in Massachusetts during the 19th century, this reissue features all the plot twists and turns of the Victorian melodramas it satirizes. Young Emily, well-bred and protected, leaves Boston during a family crisis to spend the summer with her uncle, a banker. Little does she suspect that her father and uncle are conspiring to take the bank's assets. Line drawings.

Product Details

• Paperback: 172 pages
• Publisher: Beech Tree Books (September 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0688118992
• ISBN-13: 978-0688118990
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,137,630 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Avi has published more than sixty books. Among them is Crispin: The Cross of Lead, winner of the 2003 Newbery Medal. Other novels with nineteenth-century settings, like The Traitors' Gate -- his grand nod to the work of Charles Dickens -- are listed before the title page, and include the Newbery Honor Book, The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle. Avi and his family live in Denver, Colorado.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great book with many well written enexpected events, July 28, 1996

By A Customer

This review is from: Emily Upham's Revenge: A Massachusetts Adventure (Paperback)

A book with great suspense and good cliffhangers.
Excellent use of diologue and terrific description of
characters. One of the best books I've read for a while.
"Emily Upham's Revenge" keeps you on the edge of your
seat and I couldn't put it down.Emily Upham is sent to live
with her uncle but her uncle never gets the letter
annoucing her arrivle. Instead,Emily meets meets Seth Marple.
Emily Upham and Seth Marple rob Emily's rich uncle to get the
train fare to get to back to Emily's home in Boston. Many
surprising twists with an excellent surprise ending.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Emily Upham's Revenge: A Massachusetts Adventure, November 3, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Emily Upham's Revenge: A Massachusetts Adventure (Paperback)

HI READERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Our teacher read this book to us. We couldn't stand for it to end. Once, when she stopped our class was chanting "READ IT, READ IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" we chanted so loud you could hear us down the hall. In it a sly and cunning boy (a bit like someone we know) meets a very religious, spoiled, and proper young lady by the name of Emily Ophelia Upham. It truly leaves cliffhangers.

Students of Melrose Elementry

P.S.Don't tell a lie dear children

P.S.S. This raiting is dedicated to the children at Melrose Elementry School Jamestown, RI

5.0 out of 5 stars Hooray for great artwork and story !, January 26, 2004

By 

Georgie Cavitt "an avid book reader" (Evans City, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Emily Upham's Revenge: A Massachusetts Adventure (Paperback)

This book is a really pleasant surprise and states on the back that this book is for ages 11 and up, although I think younger children could read this as well. The illustrations - black & White drawings - really are wonderful and help to bring this story alive. My book is marked "Special Edition", so I don't know if this edition is the only one with the great drawings!