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Small-town sleuth meets Shakespeare in 'Absolutely Truly'

Heather Vogel Frederick, author of the 'Mother-Daughter Book Club' books, returns to New England to create a cozy setting for her new series. 

Absolutely Truly: A Pumpkin Falls Mystery By Heather Vogel Frederick Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers 368 pp.
  • By Monitor staff

What happens when a 6-foot-tall 12-year-old named Truly Lovejoy must leave her dream home in Austin, Texas, and settle in the frozen village of 鈥減opulation you鈥檝e-got-to-be-kidding-me Pumpkin Falls, New Hampshire鈥�? She finds a mystery to solve, of course.

Fans of Heather Vogel Frederick鈥檚 鈥淢other-Daughter Book Club鈥� series will be pleased to discover that Frederick launched a brand-new series last month. And like the 鈥淢other-Daughter Book Club,鈥� Absolutely Truly, the first book of the 鈥淧umpkin Falls Mystery鈥� series is charming, slyly humorous, steeped in New England ambiance, and aimed squarely at book lovers.

It鈥檚 no accident that Frederick, a former Monitor children鈥檚 books editor, sets her story鈥檚 action in a bookstore. Truly discovers a clue in a first edition of 鈥淐harlotte鈥檚 Web鈥� and must brush up on her Shakespeare to stay on the trail.

Calling all book lovers 鈥� this one looks like a gentle winner.

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