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Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator
by Jennifer Allison
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About This Book
ISBN13: 9780525473756 |
Powells.com Staff Pick
If there were an award for "Best New Mystery Heroine," Gilda Joyce would win hands-down. This book combines the moxie of Harriet the Spy with the chills of the Nancy Drew books. In her first case, Gilda and her cousin, Juliet, come face to face with the ghosts in their family's past. At the same time, Gilda learns to cope with her father's death from cancer, and Juliet learns that she doesn't have to be defined by her parents' divorce. This is a great new series to watch — and a must read for mystery lovers.
Recommended by Alexis S., Powell's City of Books
Synopses & Reviews
Publisher Comments:
Ever since her father died, kooky Gilda Joyce has been working hard to sharpen her psychic skills. She's determined to communicate with spirits from the Other Side and become a crack investigator of spooky, twisted mysteries. After wrangling an invitation to visit San Francisco relatives, Gilda discovers just how much her dreary, tight-lipped uncle and his strange, delicate daughter need her help to uncover the terrible family secret that has a tortured ghost stalking their home.
From poignant to hair-raising and hilarious, this is a behind-the-scenes, tell-all account of the very first case in the illustrious career of Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator.
Review:
"Allison's debut novel introduces a spunky, appealingly eccentric 13-year-old who identifies with Harriet the Spy and may well rival her for readers' affections. Gilda's current 'career' encompasses three activities: writing novels, spying on neighbors and developing her psychic abilities. She focuses primarily on the last-mentioned pursuit when she finagles an invitation to San Francisco to visit her mother's second cousin, Lester Splinter, whom she has never met, and then discovers he has a daughter Gilda's age named Juliet. A brooding loner, Juliet lives with her aloof, divorced father in a Victorian mansion, a house that, Gilda is convinced, 'has a secret to reveal.' After learning that Juliet's aunt jumped to her death from the top of the estate's tower-and that Juliet has encountered what appears to be her aunt's ghost inside the house-Gilda is determined to communicate with the dead woman and to uncover the details surrounding the tragedy. Those who pick up the book for the mystery angle must be patient; it does not begin in earnest until roughly a third into the novel. But even more compelling is the story of the friendship that develops between Juliet and Gilda, whose alternating perspectives give readers insights ahead of the girls. And perhaps most affecting of all are Gilda's earnest attempts to commune with her much-missed father, who died of cancer two years earlier. Ages 10-up." Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)
Synopsis:
From poignant to hair-raising and hilarious, this is a behind-the-scenes, tell-all account of the very first case in the illustrious career of Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator.
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julie2vi, December 17, 2007 (view all comments by julie2vi)
Gilda Joyce was a sweet, funny and touching book. I REALLY liked it. I would give it a 6 out of 5.
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heartpuffy, March 11, 2007 (view all comments by heartpuffy)
I thought this as an excelent novel! It was really well written and th characters were beautifully well developed! Great job Jennifer Allison!
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Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780525473756
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Dutton Books
- Author:
- Subject:
- Girls & Women
- Subject:
- Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories
- Subject:
- Humorous Stories
- Subject:
- Children's 9-12 - Fiction - Mysteries / Detective
- Subject:
- Children's 12-Up - Fiction - Mystery
- Subject:
- Horror & Ghost Stories
- Subject:
- Fathers and daughters
- Subject:
- Children's 9-12 - Fiction - Horror
- Subject:
- Family problems
- Edition Description:
- Hardcover
- Series:
- Gilda Joyce
- Publication Date:
- August 2005
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- Grade Level:
- Children/juvenile
- Language:
- English
- Pages:
- 321
- Dimensions:
- 760x518x110 76
- Age Level:
- 08-12
