In the Grand Scheme of Things

by Tj Perkins

Overview

When Kim and Kelly attend a sleep over party no one thought they¿d be sneaking over to an abandoned psychiatric hospital late at night. The hospital is made up of many different run-down and spooky looking buildings, all of which have a story to tell of the horrible experiments that used to go on there years ago. Ghosts stories are told during the sleep over party and a dare is cast amongst the guests. Just for kicks the girls sneak over to the abandoned buildings to snoop around. While the other girls are running around and having fun, Kelly and Kim discover footprints, fresh paint, car keys and many other curious items. Fun quickly turns to terror as the girls are chased out by mysterious sounds throughout the building. Robberies at nearby art galleries and odd findings in the insane asylum have the girl¿s curiosity running wild. Using teamwork and perseverance, the young super sleuths are determined to get to the bottom of the strange happenings going on in the abandoned buildings and solve a most curious crime.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780977753840
Publisher:	Gumshoe Press
Publication date:	03/30/2007
Pages:	152
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.35(d)
Age Range:	10 - 16 Years

About the Author

TJ Perkins is a gifted and well-respected author in the mystery/suspense genre. A member of the Maryland Writer's Association and Sisters In Crime, her short stories for young readers have appeared in the Ohio State 6th Grade Proficiency Test Preparation Book, Kid's Highway Magazine, and Webzine 'New Works Review' with illustrations provided by Dennis Anfuso, just to name a few. She's placed three times in the CNW/FFWA chapter book competition. Her self-publishing achievements are being greatly recognized and TJ is also conducting speaking engagements at colleges, offering advice to others.

Finished works of her young reader's chapter books are entitled: The Fire and the Falcon (which won two chapter book awards), Wound Too Tight, ,i>Mystery of the Attic, and On Forbidden Ground. Published books in the Kim & Kelly Mystery Series include: Fantasies Are Murder, The Secret in Phantom Forest, Trade Secret, and Image in the Tapestry (which won a chapter book award) (all with GumShoe Press 2006).

Mystery of the Attic was made into a play by the Café Theater in NJ, Oct. 2005. The storyline of this book will be the basis for a new and exciting interactive family amusement park ride; updated press releases announcing progress to go out summer 2007.