In the Kaiser's Clutch [Hardcover]

Kathleen Karr (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 11 and up

Starring in an anti-German World War I propaganda serial in the days before the ""talkies,"" fifteen-year-old twins Fitzhugh and Nelly Dalton find their screen adventures paling in comparison to a real-life mystery. Jr Lib Guild.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 6-9?During the summer of 1918 in Fort Lee, New Jersey, 15-year-old twins Fitzhugh and Nelly Dalton make their acting debut. They star in an anti-German film serial written by their mother Dorothy who, after her husband's death, has been forced to abandon her loftier literary aspirations for a writing job that pays. As their characters are pursued onscreen by a "dark invader," Fitz and Nelly become the target of an unknown villain who sabotages the set, putting the twins in real danger as they perform their stunts. Their search for the identity and motive of the villain ultimately leads them to those responsible for the explosion that killed their father. As the heroes' lives begin to mirror the serial in which they are acting, readers may be confused by muddled lines between the intertwining plots, and some knowledge of World War I is necessary to understand and appreciate this fast-paced melodrama.?Kelly Diller, Humboldt High School, IA
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review

Fifteen year old twin actors are starring in an anti-war serial screenplay during 1918; but don't really feel they're involved until they find the play is getting out of hand and immersing them in scenarios of real-life sabotage. Are the plots involving the kaiser real, and can the twins thwart a deadly plan? Karr's story makes for light detective reading. -- Midwest Book Review

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 11 and up
  
• Hardcover: 182 pages
• Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux (J); 1st edition (October 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0374336385
• ISBN-13: 978-0374336387
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #563,207 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars This is a fun book about two twins, November 13, 1999

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This review is from: In the Kaiser's Clutch (Hardcover)

In the Kaisers Clutch is a fun* book about two twins Fitzhugh and Nelly Dalton. They are preforming in a series that their mother is writing. They are doing great in the series when a number of byzar insidents happen to Nelly and Fitzhugh. They track down their late fathers co-worker to unmasked their staker. They find information on their stackers. When having dinner with their late father's co-worker Mr. Quinlen they see a suspious group and follow them home. When they follow them home they see some kind of smoke coming out of the laberatory. Nelly goes inside to find out whats happening. ITS THEIR STAKER. Nelly is in there what will happen to here?