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5.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: Mystery of the Sassafras Chair (Hardcover)
Old Wiley Pendergrass had a bad reputation among the mountain people. Folks said he was a reprobate and a ne'er-do-well who came to just the end you'd expect when he robbed Nat Battle, the Indian gem collector, and was killed in a truck crash. But Timor knew better. Old Wiley was one of the best friends he'd ever had -- a kind, good man who knew all the lore of the Blue Ridge Mountains ... and Timor was sure that the things that the newspaper said were not true. So he set out to investigate what had really happened on that dark, extraordinary night.
Old Wiley had made Timor a chair of gleaming yellow sassafras wood, which people in that part of the country believe has magic powers. When the chair suddenly appears in Timor's uncle's cabin -- and no one knew how it got there -- Timor figured that old Wiley must have one more friend around somewhere. Then something very strange happened. The chair really did have unnatural properties, and before long Timor had some help in his detective work ... the very best help in the world (or out of it). But there were some in the mountains who didn't seem to like what Timor was doing. The sheriff's wife didn't seem to like it, and neither did the deputies. And Nat Battle, whose precious black metal box had disappeared the night of the truck crash, was quite suspicious, at first. Luckily, Timor was raised in Malaya and was part Indonesian, knew that one had to trust's one's feelings and intuitions -- that the things that appear rational and reasonable are not always so. Danger and mystery ... thrilling chances and escapes through the thick, dark mountain nights ... and a sense of the reality of the unseen makes this unusual story which boys and girls will read with excitement and remember with pleasure.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Mountain magic,
High in the Carolina mountains, some people believe there are special magic properties in wood, especially sassafras wood. Wiley Pendergrass, caretaker to the Hamilton household, is accused of assaulting and robbing Nat Battle and then disappearing, leaving behind a sassafras chair he had made for young Timor Hamilton. When Tim sits in the chair, it's as if he is close to Wiley. But then, Tim is from Indonesia, where they believe in magic as Colonel Hamilton, Tim's uncle and guardian, does not. This is America and Tim and his cousin Odessa don't really fit in.
The contents of Nat's stolen tin box could save a family's property and exonerate an innocent man. Will Tim be true to his upbringing and follow his own beliefs to find out the truth? If you liked Key's other books: Escape to Witch Mountain, The Forgotten Door etc., you'll probably like this one.
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