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Type of bind: Paperback
EAN num: 9781429090551
Format: Illustrated
ISBN number: 1429090553
Label: Applewood Books(MA)
Manufacturer: Applewood Books(MA)
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 167
Printing Date: August 01, 2008
Publishing house: Applewood Books(MA)
Age index: Ages 9-12
Sale Popularity Level: 284218
Studio: Applewood Books(MA)
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'It is strange that she remembers a doll's name and not her own,' Judy agrees when her friends ask about the little girl Judy and her FBI husband, Peter Dobbs, have taken into their home after the orphanage fire. The mystery deepens when the toy shop where Judy has seen the doll apparently disappears. At the library across the street the little girl, known only as Sister, puzzles Judy still further by insisting that the librarian is her mother. They both seem to know a strange character called Auntie Grumble, but is she real? And who are the mysterious men who made the doll walk and talk and sing? Can Judy and Peter be sheltering a kidnapped child? Somewhere, Judy is sure, there must be a hidden clue to the identity of Sister and her baby brother. How Judy finds it and follows it against the wishes of her father, Dr. Bolton, makes an unusual mystery story that will at very first baffle and then delight readers.
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Kudos to Applewood Books for reprinting "The Hidden Clue", one of the hardest to find titles in the 38 volume Judy Bolton mystery series (1932-1967). This high quality softcover is slightly larger in size than the original Grosset & Dunlap picture cover edition which was originally published in 1964, but otherwise contains an exact replica of the original, with the cover art and internal illustrations intact. The only slip-up appears on Applewood's introductory title page in which the book's illustrator is identified as Pelagie Doane; Doane illustrated the very first 19 titles in the series, after which an assortment of (mostly unidentified) artists took their turns.
Unlike many other contemporary series like Nancy Drew and the Dana Girls, the Judy Bolton books maintain a chronological order, with characters and events in each book affecting the plots of succeeding volumes in the series. For that reason, it is superb to see "The Hidden Clue" - a very difficult book to find since the original print run was so small - back in print, so that many of Judy's devoted fans can fill the holes remaining in their collections.
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