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Written by Edgar award nominated author, Kathleen Ernst, this suspenseful and engaging mystery takes a fascinating look at the newspaper business on the frontier and the women's rights movement of the 1860s.
In 1868, twelve-year-old Emma and her widowed mother move to a tiny mining town in Colorado Territory to start a newspaper, but someone is determined to scare them away.
Anonymous
Posted January 24, 2003
Whistler in the Dark is a great historical mystery book about a twelve-year-old girl, Emma Henderson, who is sad because her father was killed in the Civil War, and her mother has no time to spend with her. When her mother decides to wear a Reform Dress and move to Colorado to start a newspaper, Emma is even more upset. But her troubles become even worse when they arrive in Twin Pines. The gold rush town has no houses, no schools, and no other girls Emma¿s age. Someone also doesn¿t want the newspaper to succeed and sends them a threatening note, dumps their ink, and sets fire to their paper. Emma also is scared because a ghost-like figure has followed them from Chicago and, each night, goes by her window at the boarding house and whistles a tune that her dead father used to whistle all the time. At the end of the story, Emma figures out who is trying to scare them away from Twin Pines, and who is the secret whistler. Emma also learns to admire her mother for going West where she could be more than just a mother. I read this book for my 4th grade teacher, Mrs. Maull (who rocks!) The book was a little bit scary at one point, but it was still really a great book. I loved learning about how women couldn't wear pants or do a lot of jobs other than be a mom or wife! My grandmother read the book and loved it, too. So I recommend this book to all girls of all ages!
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Written by Edgar award nominated author, Kathleen Ernst, this suspenseful and engaging mystery takes a fascinating look at the newspaper business on the frontier and...