Author: Beth Fantaskey
Publisher: Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2016.; 352 p.
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In 1920’s Chicago, a ten-year-old newspaper girl named Isabel Feeney dreams of becoming a reporter just like her much-admired reporter Maude Collier. One day while selling the newspapers, Isabel hears a gunshot. She witnesses the commotion of the murdered victim Mr. Bessemer and the victim’s girlfriend, the accused Miss Giddy. Isabel decides to get involved in the intriguing case and with Maude’s help, she is determined to prove Miss Giddy’s innocence and save her from death row. This is an exciting and fast-paced novel, where gangsters and danger lurk around every corner and a little girl becomes the unsuspecting investigator of a murder mystery. Young readers will find themselves excited and absorbed in this fast-paced action thriller.
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