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5.0 out of 5 stars
well-written with interesting historical references,
By Cleo (USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Meg The Secret of the Witch's Stairway (Whitman Tweenage Books) (Hardcover)
I loved reading this book and I don't agree with the reviewer who called it an adolescent chick flicks. I've noticed that movies targeted to tween girls are mostly about shopping, speaking slangy inherently rude American English and baring midriffs. N.B. most tween girls are more Abigail Breslin than they are Calvin Klein era Brooke Shields or Swan's Crossing era Sarah Michelle Gellar - there is no midriff to bare.
This movie has lots of period details without scaring the crap out of your kid who has started to read books on her/his own.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent series,
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This review is from: Meg The Secret of the Witch's Stairway (Whitman Tweenage Books) (Hardcover)
Excellent series of books; nice stories, interesting, mystery fun; no bad language or bad attitude and always end happy.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
It is the cellulose equivalent of an adolescent "chick flick.",
By Charles Ashbacher (Marion, Iowa United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (VINE VOICE) (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER)
This review is from: Meg The Secret of the Witch's Stairway (Whitman Tweenage Books) (Hardcover)
Adventure fiction written in the middle of the twentieth century targeted at adolescent females has a distinct presentation. The main characters are girls and their interests in boys are platonic and lack the intensity that real adolescent girls have when boys take an interest in them. It is as if the boys are just girls that look different. In general, there are no great mood shifts or any of the giggling so common among young girls. I was reminded of that fact while I was reading this book. I teach at a four-year college and my office is right by an elevator and a hallway leading to classrooms. A group of girls got stuck in the elevator and they engaged in a loud giggle session until it was working again.
The story line of this book involves a lost treasure of silver. As the American Civil War was winding down a wealthy southern family was forced to move. In an attempt to safeguard their silver heirlooms that had been produced by Paul Revere, it was hidden and had remained lost since that time. Meg and Kerry are two girls in their early adolescent years that love mysteries. When they hear about the lost silver and the two poor elderly women that would have title to the silver if it were found, they naturally decide to search for it. A young, homeless orphan named Glenn is a descendent of the members of the southern family and he makes his way to the farm to look for it. He possesses the diary of a young girl in the southern family and it contains clues written in verse. This is a story that contains no villains; the closest thing to a "bad guy" is a woman whose father stole a desk from the elderly women. Once confronted with the truth, she immediately acquiesces to a search of the desk, where an additional clue is hidden. The only point of danger is when Meg, Kerry and Glenn discover the silver in an old cellar and are trapped when the ceiling caves in. There is a great deal of quick sympathy for characters experiencing misfortune, it is the cellulose equivalent of an adolescent "chick flick."
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