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 Case of the girl in grey (Wollstonecraft Detective Agency)
 Author: Stratford, Jordan

 Publisher:  Knopf (2016)

 Classification: Fiction
 Physical Description: 216 p., ill., 20 cm.

 BTSB No: 826938 ISBN: 9780385754446
 Ages: 8-12 Grades: 3-7

 Subjects:
 Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, -- 1797-1851 -- Childhood and youth -- Fiction
 Lovelace, Ada King, -- Countess of, -- 1815-1852 -- Childhood and youth -- Fiction
 Mystery fiction

Price: $21.88

Summary:
Number 2--After the success of their first case, all of London knows that Lady Ada and Mary are the girls to go to if you have a problem. Their new case is a puzzle indeed. It involves a horrible hospital, a missing will, a hasty engagement, and a suspiciously slippery servant. But Mary's stumbled onto a mystery of her own. She spotted a ghostly girl in a grey gown dashing through the park. A girl who is the spitting image of their new client.

 Illustrator: Murphy, Kelly
Accelerated Reader Information:
   Interest Level: MG
   Reading Level: 5.50
   Points: 5.0   Quiz: 180558
Reading Counts Information:
   Interest Level: 3-5
   Reading Level: 5.30
   Points: 9.0   Quiz: 77670

Reviews:
   Kirkus Reviews (-) (11/01/15)
   School Library Journal (-) (12/01/15)

Full Text Reviews:

School Library Journal - 12/01/2015 Gr 4–6—In this historical mystery series, the young ladies of the Wollstonecraft Detective Agency have been hired for their second case, which may or may not involve a mysterious twin sister, a fiancé with nefarious intentions, and a potential ghost. The series is a fictionalized reimagining of real-life 19th-century characters, such as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and Ada Lovelace Byron. However, with the multitude of characters recast into different time frames and rearranged relationships, the historical inaccuracies are likely to confuse rather than engage readers. With a marriage engagement as the central focus of the mystery in this second installment, it's difficult to imagine this story resonating with its intended audience. Nancy Springer's "Enola Holmes" mysteries (Penguin) fit the genre better. VERDICT Not as strong as the previous volume; purchase only where the first book in the series is popular.—Jessica Marie, Salem Public Library, OR - Copyright 2015 Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and/or School Library Journal used with permission.

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