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The Mystery of the Missing Persons - Softcover

Kralich, Deborah DR

 
9781942542001: The Mystery of the Missing Persons
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1942542003 ISBN 13: 9781942542001
Publisher: Ruskras Corner, 2014

Synopsis

Girls are mysteriously vanishing in suburbia in 1960s suburbia. No one but teenage detective Barbara Scott can rescue them. Discerning how Barbara can succeed is aspiring author, Victoria, age 6, first grader at a brand new elementary school, avid teen mystery fiction and Barbie doll fan. Victoria is determined to make her character, Barbara Kay Scott, a credit to the teen detective fiction genre while also making sense of the real world around her. It is America, 1963. Cultural institutions slip off the foundation of faith upon which this society was built. Murder, evil, scandal and prejudice shatter society. Victoria strives to control her book as she cannot hope to shape reality. She knows eventually she must emerge in this society, able to cope while remaining true to herself. As she contrives a satisfactory ending to her story, real life provides no neat endings only consequences of the journey which will endure the rest of her life.

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Product Description

Girls are mysteriously vanishing in suburbia in 1960s suburbia. No one but teenage detective Barbara Scott can rescue them. Discerning how Barbara can succeed is aspiring author, Victoria, age 6, first grader at a brand new elementary school, avid teen mystery fiction and Barbie doll fan. Victoria is determined to make her character, Barbara Kay Scott, a credit to the teen detective fiction genre while also making sense of the real world around her. It is America, 1963. Cultural institutions slip off the foundation of faith upon which this society was built. Murder, evil, scandal and prejudice shatter society. Victoria strives to control her book as she cannot hope to shape reality. She knows eventually she must emerge in this society, able to cope while remaining true to herself. As she contrives a satisfactory ending to her story, real life provides no neat endings only consequences of the journey which will endure the rest of her life.

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Publisher
Ruskras Corner
Publication date
2014
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1942542003
ISBN 13 
9781942542001
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
360