Perry, Mab, Oriole Bird and their mother fly to Austria in search of their father: Professor Bird has disappeared while investigating strange earth tremors. Villainous Dr. Pfnur is clearly up to no good, but surely he cant be making earthquakes! And surely the giant Ice Ghost Mab sees cant be realcan it? A thoroughly absorbing and original mystery story.Childrens Books of the Year(London). The plot is ingeniously woven and sustained in a beautifully vivid setting.The Horn Book
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"A complex adventure, preposterous but entertaining." -- Times Literary Supplement
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Jane Curry, author of over thirty books for young people, has worked as an artist, teacher, actor, bookseller, business manager, and storyteller. She grew up in Ohio and Pennsylvania, attended UCLA, Stanford, and the University of London, and taught at Stanford before turning to writing full time. She now lives in Los Angeles and London.
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I first read this book when I was 12 years old and I've read it innumerable times since. It's impossible to put down and more gripping than most mysteries written for adults. Mrs. Byrd and her three children, Oriole, Peregrine, and Mab have just received a mystifiying telegram from the now-missing Professor Byrd. He's disappeared in a remote valley high in the Alps. In his telegram he mentions "Tce ghosts." Does he mean Ice ghosts or The ghosts? Mrs. Byrd hurriedly packs her family onto an airplane, and they're off to investigate the mysterious disappearance and the meaning of the telegram. With the help of a local boy, a bumbling folklorist, and an instructor from the nearby climbers' school, the Byrds must solve both mysteries if they ever want to see their father again.
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Professor Bird, Frau Pfnür, Herr Glöckner, Doktor Pfnür, Gabriel Lanz, Ice Ghosts, Herr Friml, Father Sepp, Frau Metzger, Molly Bird, Frau Strumpf, Haus Strumpf, Byron Fleischacker, Captain Hirsch, Gus Bachner, Seismological Forecasting, Doktor Pfniir, Herr Professor, Fraulein Muhlbach, Mountain Rescue, Hotel Gappenwirt, Hansl Strumpf, Professor Bachner, Hotel Post, Verstehen Sie Browse Sample Pages:
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Professor Bird, Frau Pfnür, Herr Glöckner, Doktor Pfnür, Gabriel Lanz, Ice Ghosts, Herr Friml, Father Sepp, Frau Metzger, Molly Bird, Frau Strumpf, Haus Strumpf, Byron Fleischacker, Captain Hirsch, Gus Bachner, Seismological Forecasting, Doktor Pfniir, Herr Professor, Fraulein Muhlbach, Mountain Rescue, Hotel Gappenwirt, Hansl Strumpf, Professor Bachner, Hotel Post, Verstehen Sie Browse Sample Pages:
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