The Dragon In The Ghetto Caper
by E. L. Konigsburg
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Determined to be a famous detective, Andy goes to the ghetto where he encounters crime for the first time, only to discover he is on the wrong side in the case.Tags
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Weird and brilliant and rewarding to the reader who has patience and is willing to put up with the dated details. I couldn't put it down and finished it one sitting.
It reminded me of Harriet the Spy & its sequels, but without the unlikable characters and with more humor and heart. Konigsburg deserves a reputation among readers to match the one the Newbery Committees have given her.
It reminded me of Harriet the Spy & its sequels, but without the unlikable characters and with more humor and heart. Konigsburg deserves a reputation among readers to match the one the Newbery Committees have given her.
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Elaine Lobl Konigsburg, noted children's writer and illustrator, was born February 10, 1930 in New York City. She received a BS in chemistry from Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie-Mellon University) in 1952. She did graduate study at the University of Pittsburgh. Her best-known titles included A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver, show more The Second Mrs. Giaconda, Father's Arcane Daughter, and Throwing Shadows. She won the Newbery Honor in 1968 for From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler and the William Allen White Award in 1970. She won the Newbery Medal again in 1997 for The View from Saturday. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler was adapted into a motion picture starring Ingrid Bergman in 1973 and later released as The Hideaways in 1974. It became a television film starring Lauren Bacall in 1995. Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth was adapted for television as Jennifer and Me for NBC-TV in 1973. She died on April 19, 2013 from complications of a stroke that she had suffered a week prior at the age of 83. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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