Rebel - Hardcover

Roberts, Willo Davis

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0689850735 ISBN 13: 9780689850738

Publisher: Atheneum, 2003

Synopsis

After witnessing strange happenings in her town, brash and headstrong Rebel and her friend Moses decide to look into the matter to see who is behind it all but soon discover they have gotten in over their heads when they finally succeed in their mission.

About this title

About the Author:

Willo Davis Roberts lives in Washington State with her husband, David, a writer-photographer. She is the author of more than ninety books, many of them mystery, suspense, medical background, and historical novels for adults. Her books for children include Don't Hurt Laurie! (Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies and the Young Hoosier Book Award); The Magic Book (Library of Congress Children's Book of the Year); Megan's Island, The Absolutely True Story...How I Visited Yellowstone Park with the Terrible Rupes, and Twisted Summer (each a recipient of the Edgar Allan Poe Best Juvenile Mystery Award); The Kidnappers; and Hostage.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 6-8-Amanda Jane Keeling, 14, has answered only to the name "Rebel" since she was two. When her grandmother, sick of the confinements of assisted living, joins an elderly friend, Viola, in buying an old rooming house near the University of Washington, Rebel and Vi's grandson, Moses, are asked to help paint, clean, and get the house ready for roomers. Rebel, at 5'10", is immediately taken with the 6'6" Moses. Much to his father's dismay, Moses wants to write, direct, and produce films rather than enter law. He carries an old video camera around, inadvertently filming a young man as he is grabbing back a $20 bill after purchasing a candy bar at the local mom-and-pop store. This brief encounter sets in motion a nighttime break-in at the old house, a nearly missing Irish wolfhound, and the cracking of a band of young counterfeiters, and, in the end, the teens realize that they should have called on the police sooner rather than sleuthing on their own. Rebel is an engaging, independent character; the photo on the jacket will appeal to middle school kids. Unfortunately, the mystery unfolds too slowly to hook them, and this uneven pacing leaves all of the suspense until the very end.
Connie Tyrrell Burns, Mahoney Middle School, South Portland, ME
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About this edition

• Publisher: Atheneum
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0689850735
• ISBN 13: 9780689850738
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160