The Wool-Pack
written and illustrated by Cynthia Harnett
Age: 9+
Interests: history, British history, medieval history, business, farming, mystery, travel More
The Wool-Pack
08 Apr 2014 Leave a comment
in Books, books 9+ Tags: British history, country life, economics, farming, history, medieval history, mystery, travel
Skellig
12 Mar 2014 2 Comments
in Books, books 9+ Tags: birds, death, dreams, illness, Magic, mystery
Secret of the Andes
04 Feb 2014 Leave a comment
in Books, books 8+ Tags: animals, history, Inca, mountains, mystery, Peru, South America
Secret of the Andes
by Ann Nolan Clark
Age: 8+
Interests: Peru, Inca, South America, mountains, animals, mystery More
The Westing Game
18 Oct 2013 Leave a comment
in Books, books 10+ Tags: bad behavior, crime, mystery, treasure
The Westing Game
by Ellen Raskin
Age: 10+
Interests: mystery, crime, bad behaviour, treasure, murder More
The Otterbury Incident
19 Sep 2013 Leave a comment
in Books, books 10+ Tags: action, adventure, bad behavior, crime, detective, England, money, mystery, school, violence
The Otterbury Incident
by C. Day Lewis
illustrated by Edward Ardizzone
Age: 10+
Interests: mystery, crime, kid detectives, England, action, some violence, school, bad behaviour, money
A Grass Rope
23 Aug 2013 Leave a comment
in Books, books 7+, books 9+ Tags: dogs, England, farm, history, Magic, mystery
A Grass Rope
by William Mayne
illustrated by Lynton Lamb
Age: (read to) 7+ (independent reading) 9+
Interests: mystery, magic, unicorn, fairies, farm life, England, dogs, history
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
05 Jun 2013 Leave a comment
in Books, books 10+ Tags: art, museum, mystery, New York, running away from home, siblings
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
by E. L. Konigsburg
Age: 10+
Interests: museums, art, running away from home, New York City, mysteries
Ginger Pye
13 May 2013 Leave a comment
in Books, books 6+, books 9+ Tags: detective, dogs, family, mystery, pets, siblings
Ginger Pye
by Eleanor Estes
Age: 6+ (read to) ; 9+ (independent reading)
Interests: dogs, pets, family, mystery
This is Not My Hat
22 Apr 2013 Leave a comment
in Books, books 3+ Tags: bad behavior, crime, fish, mystery, ocean
Holes (2003)
05 Mar 2013 2 Comments
in Movies, movies 9+ Tags: cowboys, crime, curse, desert, family, family history, friendship, jail, mystery, racial tension, treasure, violence
released: 2003
rated: PG for violence, mild language and some thematic elements
length: 117 min.
age: 10+
scary factor: suspenseful scenes with rattlesnake, deadly lizards – nothing a 10 yr old couldn’t handle
violence: two boys fight; one boy whacks a provoking guard in the head with his shovel, knocking him out; in flashback a man is shot (in extreme wide shot – no closeups); Kate then shoots the sheriff in revenge; guards in work camp have guns, but only a lizard is actually shot
language: authentic but rather mild, for teenage boys: damn, hell, crap, Oh, my God… that kind of thing. (According to imdb.com there is one “jackass” but I didn’t even notice it.)
other: flashbacks depict scenes of racial hatred (burning down the school) and vague threat of sexual violence (drunken sheriff tries to force Kate to kiss him)
interests: mystery, desert, prison work camps, bad luck, family history, curses, cowboys, crime and punishment, buried treasure
next: read the book if you haven’t! Holes by Louis Sachar
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