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Secret of Gumbo Grove

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The Secret of Gumbo Grove is an excellent book. I highly recommend it, especially if you like mysteries. It is about a 11-year old girl who helps Miss Effie, the church secretary, clean out an old graveyard. Miss Effie knows all about the people buried in the cemetery, and is happy to tell their stories to Raisin. After Miss Effie gives her the old church records, she finds herself in a mystery, who is "Gumbo" Dickson? Why does no one in the town want to talk about him? Could the African-American man be the founder of Gumbo Grove? I really liked how the author, Eleanora E. Tate tied the mystery in with Raisin's regular life. For example, the "Miss Ebony Calvary County Pageant",in which one of Raisin's sisters, Hattie, participates. I greatly disliked Miss Aussie, who wouldn't even admit that some people in the graveyard were her relatives! Miss Aussie wanted the cemetery to be destroyed. I found it very sad that marijuana and alcohol were sold to minors in her community, but luckily, Raisin didn't take any. This book is one of my favorites, and I hope you like it too.

The Secret of Gumbo Grove By: Eleanora E. Tate

I enjoyed "The Secret of Gumbo Grove". It shows a tourist town from an interesting point of view that made the book fresh and exciting. This book is so novel that there are no other books that compare in its genre. The writing is of a very high quality. I would recommend this book to almost anyone of any age. I would rate this book an 8 out of 10 for interesting plot and characters, but it's slightly boring. The ending in sepcific is boring. I like the location and the detailed histories of the characters must have taken forever, due to the detail in them. The plot could use a little work in the way of the antagonist, who is a bit predictable. But the other characters are pretty well created. The ending was kind of disappointing and not very exciting. But all together the book was enjoyable and easy to read. They are trying to save a cemetery from the people at their local church. I'll let you figure out the rest.....

I thought the book was better than average. The ending was a little disappointing, but I thought the theme of the book was
great. I thought Eleanora Tate did an awesome job at describing the characters, especially the peoples' ancestors. I didn't really like the whole paegent thing, because I'm a boy. (you know what I mean) The only reason I read it was because my teacher made me, but I'm glad I did.

This was one of the best books I've ever read about Black history in small towns. Very detailed and well done.When reading this novel I felt like I was there. Hope you enjoy it as much as I have!

The Secret of Gumbo Grove By: Eleanora E. Tate

I enjoyed "The Secret of Gumbo Grove". It shows a tourist town from an interesting point of view that made the book fresh and exciting. This book is so novel that there are no other books that compare in its genre. The writing is of a very high quality. I would recommend this book to almost anyone of any age. I would rate this book an 8 out of 10 for interesting plot and characters, but it's slightly boring. The ending in sepcific is boring. I like the location and the detailed histories of the characters must have taken forever, due to the detail in them. The plot could use a little work in the way of the antagonist, who is a bit predictable. But the other characters are pretty well created. The ending was kind of disappointing and not very exciting. But all together the book was enjoyable and easy to read. They are trying to save a cemetery from the people at their local church. I'll let you figure out the rest.....

The Secret of Gumbo Grove is an excellent book. I highly recommend it, especially if you like mysteries. It is about an 11-year old girl, Raisin Stackhouse who help Miss Effie, the church secretary, clean out an old graveyard. Miss Effie knows all about the people buried in the cemetery, and is happy to tell their stories to Raisin. After Miss Effie gives Raisin the church records, she finds herself in a mystery, who is "Gumbo" Dickson? Why doesn't anyone in the town want to talk about him? Could this African American be the founder of Gumbo Grove? I really liked how the author, Eleanora E. Tate, tied the mystery in with Raisin's everyday life. For example, the "Miss Ebony Calvary County Pageant," in which one of Raisin's sisters, Hattie, participates. I disliked Miss Aussie, who wouldn't even admit that some people in the graveyard were her relatives! Miss Aussie wanted to destroy the cemetery. I also found it very sad that marijuana and alcohol were sold to anyone, especially minors, in her community. Luckily, Raisin didn't take any. This book is one of my favorites, and I hope you like it too.

The Secret Of Gumbo Grove was an wonderful book that I enjoyed very much. The setting of the book, down south, was very welcoming. Raisin and Bunny were best buddies in the story, even though Bunny loves to live the "wild" life. I would suggest this book to teachers looking for a book that will make their students want to read.

I like the book a whole lot!The number one reason why is because it is written about my hometown!

The Mystery of Gumbo Grove started off wonderful, with a nice setting(a small South Carolina town),and an interesting plot(a young girl explores an old cemetary, discovering many stories about her town's history). However, as it went on, it strayed from its' original plot. This made for an anticlimactic storyline throughout a large majority of the book. Towards the end, however, the plot picked up, making for an exciting unraveling. Despite its' obvious faults, I would still recommend this book to children looking for a good adventure.