Lorimer Streetlights (1 of 3 Book Set for Boys): Seven Clues in Pebble Creek (Blue Kite) [Paperback]

Kathy Stinson (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up | Series: Blue Kite

Matt Randall was bored. It was summer vacation, all his friends were away and there was nothing--NOTHING--to do in Pebble Creek...until he received his mystery postcard!

"There's something you should look for. It will bring you great pleasure. Not coins in a pirate's chest but a different sort of treasure." A treasure? In Pebble Creek? That's crazy, thought Matt, and if he hadn't been so bored, he would have thrown away the postcard. But he didn't. One mysterious clue led to another and still no one knew. If there really WAS a treasure...

Seven Clues in Pebble Creek is an engaging mystery story packed with as much excitement as a buried treasure.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"An entertaining tale with a satisfying touch of suspense." (Books for Young People )

About the Author

KATHY STINSON is one of Canada's foremost authors for young people. Over the past 25 years, she has published acclaimed books in virtually every genre, including Canadian classics such as Red is Best, Big or Little, The Bare Naked Book, and the Pebble Creek series, as well as more recent hits, including the Marie-Claire volumes in the best-selling Our Canadian Girl historical fiction series and the provocative young adult novel Becoming Ruby, which was nominated for a White Pine Award. Kathy lives in Rockwood, ON, with her partner, children's book editor and writing teacher, Peter Carver.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 6 and up
  
• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: Lorimer (January 1, 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1550280368
• ISBN-13: 978-1550280364
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,061,499 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

The clue that Kathy Stinson has enjoyed a lifelong love of reading is in the wide range of books she has written. "What you read," she says, "influences what you write. And so does the day to day life that you live."

That's why Kathy's characters ride bikes along dirt paths, fall in love in summer, argue and have cozy chats with parents and friends, sometimes have trouble sleeping, and walk on beaches and city streets.

Kathy says, "It's also fun, as a writer, to imagine yourself into situations unlike your own." That's what she did when she wrote about Marie-Claire living through a smallpox epidemic in Montreal in 1885, and Mr. Elliot deciding as a grandfather that it's time he learned to read.

Kathy sorted mail, waited tables, and taught school before finally figuring out what she really wanted to do was write - everything from picture books to young adult novels, from biography to historical fiction. Readers never know what kind of book to expect from her next!

Kathy has served as Writer-in-Residence for several library systems in southern Ontario and has led writing workshops all across Canada.

Kathy is the mother of two grown children, who inspired some of her earliest books. She also has two grown stepdaughters and five grandchildren. If she's out buying them a present, chances are it's in a bookstore she'll be shopping. Of course!