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Indlæser... Elizabeth Webster and the Court of Uncommon Pleas (Elizabeth Webster, 1) (udgave 2020)af William Lashner (Forfatter)
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. This is one of those books you can’t put down, read in one day and cross your fingers it’s going to be a series. The story opens in the lunchroom where math whiz Elizabeth feels like a meerkat “among the tables of gazelles and rhinos”. Sitting with her only friend Natalie and pesky twin boys she is approached by an 8th grade swimming superstar who needs her help with math. Unfortunately for Elizabeth, the tutoring is a ruse and superstar Henry really needs help with a ghost who is haunting his house and calling out Elizabeth’s name. This leads to Elizabeth discovering her place in the family business and finding out the truth about her rarely seen father. The characters are so well-developed they leap out of the book and the legal jargon and the paranormal action intertwine perfectly. Mystery and a bit of paranormal fun. Middle-school math whiz Elizabeth Webster is shocked when the school’s star athlete Henry Harrison asks her to tutor him in math. But, when she shows up at his house, she discovers the real reason he wants her there…a ghost is haunting his house and it is calling her name! Soon, Elizabeth and her friends become embroiled in a web of strange family secrets, otherworldly characters, and a courtroom where demons and ghosts are called as witnesses. And, amidst all of this, they must solve a decades-old mystery to help the ghost so she can finally rest in peace. What I liked: great and unique characters. All of the side characters from Elizabeth’s best friend to her mother to the courtroom’s judge were entertaining and fun. The mystery was woven well into the story and was not so obvious that the reader knew what happened before the end. The reader gets to go along with Elizabeth as she discovers the truth about her family and her own destiny. What I did not like: I found the beginning a bit slow. I also am not sold on the narrator (Elizabeth) saying over and over, at the beginning, how if she only knew what was about to happen, she wouldn’t have gone, etc. However, the last half of the book was incredibly interesting as the kids begin to actually solve the mystery. But then at the very end, the author threw in a scene that left Elizabeth with a number of questions that I suppose will be answered in the next book, but I found that a bit annoying and unsatisfying for the reader. 3.5 out of 5 stars ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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When popular Henry Harrison asks twelve-year-old Elizabeth to help dispel a ghost that speaks her name, she calls on her estranged father and learns he is an attorney for the damned. No library descriptions found. |
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I liked this unusual middle-grade law thriller a lot. I think it's an interesting introduction to concepts of the justice system and also does some very interesting things with family ties and secrets as well. ( )