Type of bind: Paperback
EAN num: 9781584854852
ISBN number: 1584854855
Label: Pleasant Company Publications
Manufacturer: Pleasant Company Publications
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 161
Printing Date: 2002-03
Publishing house: Pleasant Company Publications
Age index: Ages 9-12
Sale Popularity Level: 830871
Studio: Pleasant Company Publications
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It's 1867. Twelve-year-old Emma Henderson is mortified when Mother takes to wearing a Reform Dress-hideous bloomers! Worse, Mother has accepted a newspaper job in wild, far-off Colorado Territory. But even Emma can't imagine just how badly things will go in Twin Pines. From the moment she and Mother step off the stagecoach, it's clear that someone doesn't want them there.
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My Daughter has every American Girl book and Mystery. They are fantastic for elementary school age girls. Lots of history in each one.
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I like this book because of the way Emma Henderson feels about how her mother dresses, and because of all the mystery! I recommend this book to whoever loves mysteries and\or has read any other American Girl History Mysteries.
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I like this book because of the way Emma Henderson feels about how her mother dresses, and because of all the mystery! I recommend this book to whoever loves mysteries and\or has read any other American Girl History Mysteries.
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Whistler in the Dark is a great historical mystery book about a twelve-year-old girl, Emma Henderson, who is sad because her father was killed in the Civil War, and her mother has no time to spend with her. When her mother decides to wear a Reform Dress and move to Colorado to start a newspaper, Emma is even more upset. But her troubles become even worse when they arrive in Twin Pines. The gold rush town has no houses, no schools, and no other girls Emma�s age. Someone also doesn�t want the newspaper to succeed and sends them a threatening note, dumps their ink, and does awful things to try and scare them off. Emma is also scared because a ghost-like figure has followed them from Chicago and, each night, goes by her window at the boarding house and whistles a tune that her dead father used to whistle all the time. At the end of the story, Emma figures out who is trying to scare them away from Twin Pines, and who is the secret whistler. Emma also learns to admire her mother for going West where she could be more than just a mother.
I read this book for my 4th grade teacher, Mrs. Maull (who rocks!) The book was a little bit scary at one point, but it was still really a great book. I loved learning about how women couldn't wear pants or do a lot of jobs other than be a mom or wife! My grandmother read the book and loved it, too. So I recommend this book to all girls of all ages!
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