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Overview

In echo falls you never know what's coming next — and everyone has a secret. Things are amiss at 99 Maple Lane: Ingrid's dad's job is in jeopardy, but he won't explain why. Ingrid's brother, Ty, is getting buff — really buff — but when Ty starts getting moody, Ingrid wonders if there's more to his physical fitness than lifting weights. Meanwhile, Ingrid's beloved soccer coach is replaced by an icy newcomer named Julia LeCaine, who seems a little too savvy to be in it for the postgame pizza. True to her hero, Sherlock Holmes, Ingrid begins fishing around to find out who's really pulling the strings in Echo Falls. But one morning, while en route to the dreaded MathFest, Ingrid is kidnapped and locked in the trunk of a car. Even if she escapes, will anyone believe her story?

In this sequel to Down the Rabbit Hole a clever young girl learns that mysterious forces are at work in her town — and exposing them could put her life in jeopardy.

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Publishers Weekly
Abrahams knows how to catch the voices of all of his characters, no matter what their age most especially his Sherlock Holmes-loving eighth-grade heroine Ingrid Levin-Hill. This second book about her, firmly rooted in the fictional but instantly familiar town of Echo Falls, is read perfectly by Delaney, who quietly but persuasively brings considerable excitement to Abrahams's words. Young listeners who already love books will be naturally intrigued, as Ingrid uses Holmes's methods to dig into several mysteries about her own family and her town. And even youngsters who have never read a Sherlock Holmes story will be won over by the perilous adventure so expertly presented. Ages 10-up. (June) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
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To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, May 2006: This is a sequel to Down the Rabbit Hole, which introduced Ingrid, her family and community; it probably would stand alone as a story, but is best together with the first book. Echo Falls is a small town in Connecticut where Ingrid is in middle school. Her Grampy owns a farm that developers want to force him to sell. Ingrid's brother Ty is trying his best to succeed on the high school football team; she is convinced he is taking steroids and her curiosity uncovers some shady characters who easily could be selling the drugs in the community. So, when Ingrid is kidnapped and must escape from the trunk of a car, there are some likely suspects. Try convincing the powers that be, however. Most everyone thinks Ingrid made up the story and so it is up to her to prove she isn't lying—but that means she has to sneak around to discover her kidnapper. Characters from the first book are here: her friend Joey, who believes her; the police chief, Joey's father, who wants to believe her but doubts the evidence; Grampy, her fierce protector. The mystery is entertaining and well constructed. Something about Ingrid reminds me of another middle-school sleuth, Sammy Keyes, from the successful series by Wendelin Van Draanen.
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Gr 5-8-Peter Abrahams's Down the Rabbit Hole (Laura Geringer Books, 2005) gave 13-year-old Ingrid her first sleuthing experience in her town of Echo Falls--and the Echo Falls Mystery series was born to popular acclaim. In the second book (Laura Geringer Books, 2006) in the series, Ingrid, a Sherlock Holmes devotee, becomes involved in two sinister plots, both of which develop slowly. Clues and events that seem to involve her brother lead Ingrid to believe that there is a steroid abuse crisis brewing at her local high school. At the same time, her grandfather's farm property is attracting attention and high-pressure tactics to force a sale. Narrator Colleen Delaney gives Ingrid and the other characters believable voices in this fast-paced reading that is appropriate for these adventures. Mystery aficionados will appreciate Ingrid's determination to solve the mysteries, although it takes a rather long time to bring the two plot lines together. A fine addition for upper elementary and middle school listeners.-Jane P. Fenn, Corning-Painted Post West High School, NY Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780060737061
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
  • Publication date: 5/1/2007
  • Edition description: Reprint
  • Pages: 400
  • Sales rank: 169,463
  • Age range: 10 - 14 Years
  • Lexile: 0650L (what's this?)
  • Series: Echo Falls Series , #2
  • Product dimensions: 4.18 (w) x 6.75 (h) x 0.80 (d)

Meet the Author

Peter Abrahams is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty-five books, including the Edgar Award-winning Reality Check, Bullet Point, and the Echo Falls series for middle graders. Writing as Spencer Quinn, he is also the author of the Chet and Bernie series—Dog on It, Thereby Hangs a Tail, and To Fetch a Thief. He and his wife live in Massachusetts with their dog, Audrey.

First Chapter

Behind the Curtain
An Echo Falls Mystery

Chapter One

Ingrid Levin-Hill sat in math class, her mind wandering pleasantly. She had the best seat in the house -- very back of the outside row by the windows, about as far as could be from the teacher, Ms. Groome. Ferrand Middle School stood on a hill overlooking the river, about a mile upstream from the falls. There was always something interesting to see on the river, especially if you were in the habit of noticing little details. Little details like how the water ruffled up as it flowed around a rock, and a big black bird drifting on the current, wings tucked under its chin, and --

"Ingrid? I trust I have your attention?"

Ingrid whipped around. Ms. Groome was watching her through narrowed eyes, and her eyes were narrow to begin with.

"One hundred percent," said Ingrid, in the faint hope of pacifying Ms. Groome with math talk.

"Then I'm sure you're excited about MathFest."

MathFest? What was Ms. Groome talking about? The word didn't even make sense, one of those contradictions in terms.

"Very excited," said Ingrid.

"Just in case Ingrid happened to miss any of this," said Ms. Groome, "who wants to sum up MathFest?"

No one did.

"Bruce?" said Ms. Groome.

Brucie Berman, middle row, front seat, class clown. His leg was doing that twitchy thing.

"MathFest be my guest," said Brucie.

"I beg your pardon?"

Brucie tried to look innocent, but he'd been born with a guilty face. "Three lucky kids from this class get to go to MathFest," he said.

"And MathFest is?"

"This bigfat fun math blowout they're having tomorrow," said Brucie.

"Not tomorrow," said Ms. Groome. "Saturday morning, eight thirty, at the high school."

"Even better," said Brucie.

Ms. Groome pursed her lips, totally focused now on Brucie. There was lots to be said for having Brucie in class. Ingrid tuned out, just in time to catch that big black bird disappear around a bend in the river. No way this had anything to do with her, no way she'd be one of the chosen three. She shouldn't even have been in this section, Algebra Two. There were four math classes in eighth grade -- Algebra One for the geniuses, Algebra Two for good math students who didn't rise to the genius level, Pre-Algebra, where Ingrid should have been and would have been happily, if her parents hadn't crawled on their knees to Ms. Groome, and Math One, formerly remedial math, for the kids out on parole.

Math blowouts on Saturday morning. Who thinks these things up? Grown-ups, of course, the kind with a sense of humor like that warden in Escape from Alcatraz. Ingrid was half aware of Ms. Groome scrawling long chains of numbers on the blackboard, all dim and fuzzy. She wrote a note -- What's the word for stuff like giant midget or MathFest? -- balled it up, and tossed it discreetly over to Mia's desk across the aisle. Mia was the smartest kid in the class, should have been in Algebra One, but she and her mom had moved from New York last year and the school had messed up.

Mia flattened out the note, read it, wrote an answer. The sun, one of those little fall suns, more silver than gold, shone on Mia's hand -- her fingers, skin, everything about her, so delicate. She rolled the note back up, flicked it underhanded across the aisle. Ingrid reached for it, but all at once, so sudden she wasn't sure for a moment that it had really happened, another hand darted into the picture and snatched the note out of the air. Nothing delicate about this hand, skin scaly, knuckles all swollen.

"What could be so important?" said Ms. Groome, unfolding the note. "I'm dying to find out." The sun glared off fingerprints on her glasses, hiding her eyes. She read the note, stuck it in her pocket, returned to the front of the class. Her mouth opened, just a thin sharklike slit. Some withering remark was on the way, but at that very moment, like a message from above, the bell rang.

Class over! Saved by the bell! Chairs started scraping all over the room as the kids got up. Hubbub, and lots of it. Thanksgiving couldn't come soon enough.

"Just a second," said Ms. Groome, not so much raising her voice over the bedlam as cutting through it like an ice pick. Everyone froze. "We still haven't chosen our MathFest team."

Brucie raised his hand.

"Thank you, Bruce. Congratulations."

"Oh, no," said Brucie. "Wait. I was just going to say let's do it tomorrow."

Ms. Groome didn't seem to hear. "Any volunteers for the other two spots?"

There were none.

"Then the pleasure will be mine," said Ms. Groome. She smiled, if smiling meant the corners of the mouth twisting up and teeth making a brief appearance. "Mia. Ingrid. Everybody wish our team good luck."

"Go team," said everybody, in a great mood because it wasn't them.

"But wait," said Brucie.

"I could get sick," Brucie said on the bus ride home.

Someone snickered.

"What if I forged a note?" Brucie said. "With Adobe Photoshop I could make it look like a doctor's -- "

"Zip it, guy," said the driver, Mr. Sidney, his Battle of the Coral Sea cap slanted low over his eyes, like a ship captain in rough seas. Brucie zipped it; the other choice was walking the rest of the way, as Brucie had learned on the first day of school last year and then had to relearn again just last week. Mr. Sidney stopped in front of Ingrid's house.

"See you, petunia," he said. Girls were petunia to Mr. Sidney, guys guy. Things must have been a lot different when he was growing up.

Ingrid stepped off the bus, started up the brick path to her house. Ninety-nine Maple Lane was the only place she'd ever lived. Not the biggest, newest, or fanciest house in the neighborhood, Riverbend, but there were lots of good things about it. . . .

Behind the Curtain
An Echo Falls Mystery. Copyright © by Peter Abrahams. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. Available now wherever books are sold.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 17, 2012

    Questioning

    Read the first and loved it. Should i buy this or not waste my money and get it for only three weeks from the library? Please help me someone!

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  • Posted October 3, 2011

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    Absolutley Astonishing

    This book was the most amazing combination of suspense, mystery, comedy, and impressive artistic styles I have EVER read. The story immediatley pulls you in, and Ingrid's character is a perfect fit for this genre of book. I would reccomend this to anyone who doesn't like reading, because theres sure to be something that they will like about this book!

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  • Posted February 21, 2011

    Eh...

    I think that the first book was a little better. Abraham leaves a lot more clues to the reader, so when Ingrid finds something out, it's not very surprising. Still, this is a great series! Ingrid is a great character because she kind of relates to an average person, so it's kind of like you are the main character and you are solving the mystery! I recommend it!

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  • Posted November 13, 2009

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    This is a great second book into the echo falls series

    One word... AMAZING! This book was really great. If you had read the first one in the series then you won't be disappointed with this one. It was a great story just like the first book. It was some pretty funny humor also. Also, like the first one it has a great twist that will keep you hooked. You won't want to put this book down!!!

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  • Posted July 25, 2009

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    Great Read!

    I really enjoyed this book and the entire series.. the books are so absorbing and you can't put them down....a great story with many exciting turns on every page.....

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  • Anonymous

    Posted July 14, 2008

    Behind the Curtain is Great!

    Peter Abrahams' use of suspense keep the reader reading. he captures how a child thinks and Ingrid, the main charcter, is not just another cookie-cutter detective.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 13, 2007

    Not as good as the first

    I guess its the same old ingrid getting in trouble and having to find out everything in her town by herself, even though the first one(Down the rabbit hole) is a little better this one is still really good and i cant wait to see Ingrid and all the town of Echo falls in the next book Into The Dark coming in Winter of 2007

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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 15, 2006

    Awesome

    This book was sooo good. I had about half the book figured out before Ingrid, the main character, but it was still great to see how she got there. Ingrid seemed so real and I could totally relate to her. Everyone in the book was like someone I knew in real life. An AWESOME book.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted July 16, 2006

    leaves ya hanging

    the book was great but the first one was better. plus it leaves you hanging which we all know stinks

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 28, 2006

    Great book

    i loved this book,just like the first one i finished it in just 2 days i couldnt put it down i would reccommend it and down the rabbit hole to anyone

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