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Post by Kylie90210 on Nov 11, 2008 23:31:57 GMT -5
Please discuss this book here.
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Post by wenonah4th on Jan 13, 2010 16:01:20 GMT -5
This seemed to take a lot of the plot from Boxcar C hildren #17, Mystery Behind the Wall- which is my favorite BC book anyway!
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Post by anzuhana on Jul 5, 2011 13:01:17 GMT -5
I like this book, mostly because I would like to find buried treasure. I liked reading about Karen, Kristy and Andrew trying to figure out the clues. I liked reading about Karen trying to figure out what new hobby she should have.
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Post by zoar3 on Apr 6, 2013 16:59:25 GMT -5
I just read this book and it brought back memories of my Grandpa who collected and dealt with coins. I would have loved going on the treasure hunt and at the book's end meeting Henry--the now elderly man--who had buried the coins as a young boy. Plus it was cool that he was a person from Stoneybrook's past (sort of) that a BSC person actually met. I mean in terms of others such as Christina Thomas, Oldhickory of course, Jared, etc. The other thing that jumped out at me was at one point Charlie drives Kristy, Andrew, and Karen to the library. He asks if they will need a ride back to the Little House. Kristy says she thinks Mrs. Kishi could drive them if need be. Sadly, that never happened but Claud's mom was in this story which was a cool surprise.  |
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Post by mistrali on Jan 17, 2014 7:08:08 GMT -5
I don't know if it's because I'm halfway through snarking this rather than straight-up reading it, but I'm finding the riddle-solving part extremely boring, and I suspect I'll feel the same about them finding Henry Carmody.
That said, I found the pyjama party scene adorable. And the first bit wasn't half bad either.
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Post by greer on Jan 19, 2014 13:40:52 GMT -5
I don't know if it's because I'm halfway through snarking this rather than straight-up reading it, but I'm finding the riddle-solving part extremely boring, and I suspect I'll feel the same about them finding Henry Carmody. That said, I found the pyjama party scene adorable. And the first bit wasn't half bad either. Are you snarking it for bsc_snark? Wonder if Carmody is related to the Carmodys in SS1. |
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Post by mistrali on Jan 20, 2014 7:10:57 GMT -5
Yep! I've not read SS1, unfortunately. The name Carmody just reminded me of the Anne books. |
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Post by Honeybee on Oct 28, 2014 5:50:23 GMT -5
I enjoy reading this book. Karen playing detective with her younger brother, Andrew.
I always wanted to find something inside old house. But, are house isn't that old to find something like a treasure map, with buried treasure in the backyard.
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Post by wanderingfrog on May 17, 2020 19:06:11 GMT -5
I loved the part in this book when Charlie took a look at the clue and figured out that it was the Latin name for a type of tree. It was really nice to see him helping out his little stepsister, and realistic for that to be something he could figure out that Karen and even Kristy hadn't thought of.
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Post by sparklymouse on Aug 4, 2022 15:05:42 GMT -5
Suddenly Nancy was in ballet and in a recital that she didn't even mention to Karen. She had rehearsals every day. Lisa was on a scholarship committee for Andrew's preschool, and they met practically every day. Kristy (and Kristy only) babysat practically every day. Hannie didn't even exist in this book.
I learned that the Little House was built in 1920. That can't be old for an East Coast house. Watson's mansion had to be much older than that. The house had wooden paneling with a loose chunk that had the treasure map hidden behind it. Now I picture the little house to be very outdated in design. Seth should get on that. Also, the address is 12 Forest Drive.
It bugged me that nobody mentioned the secret passage at Dawn's house.
I related to Karen trying to figure out a hobby. I'm forever thinking that I need more interesting hobbies. When she said she needed to check everyone's store change from now on I had flashbacks to when the state quarters started coming out. People were obsessively trying to fill their little coin maps. If you were really into it then you had to get both mints.
Whose couch was in their attic, and why did they drag it up there instead of out to the curb?
I liked the whole mystery process is this. It felt like a Ghostwriter episode, except then he would have read all of the phonebooks himself. That part made me think of staying in a hotel room and being mesmerized by the encyclopedia sized phone book in it. The library had all of the phonebooks for the state of Connecticut in it.
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