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Enola Holmes: The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline by Nancy Springer

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Enola Holmes--younger sister to Sherlock Holmes--is back on another case

Enola Holmes's landlady, Mrs. Tupper, is the closest thing Enola has to family these days, besides her occasional run-ins with her brother Sherlock. Even though Mrs. Tupper is nearly deaf and can barely cook, she's an endearing presence as Enola longs for her absent mother. So imagine her horror when Enola comes home to find Mrs. Tupper kidnapped Who would take her, and why? And what does Florence Nightingale have to do with it? From the master of mystery Nancy Springer, here's another absorbing adventure for our award-winning, unstoppable heroine, Enola Holmes.

Praise for Enola Holmes: The Case of the Missing Marquess

An Edgar Award Nominee

Empowered, capable, and smart . . . with] an impactful message that you can do anything if you set your mind to it.--Millie Bobby Brown, Stranger Things

* Enola shows herself to be an intelligent, rational, resourceful, and brave protagonist. Readers will look forward to hearing this heroine's unique voice again. --Publishers Weekly, starred review

* This is a terrific package. Springer not only provides two fine mysteries, breathtaking adventure, and key-eyed description, but she also offers a worthy heroine. --Booklist, starred review
Nancy Springer has published forty novels for adults, young adults and children. In a career beginning shortly after she graduated from Gettysburg College in 1970, Springer wrote for ten years in the imaginary realms of mythological fantasy, then ventured on contemporary fantasy, magical realism, and women's fiction before turning her attention to children's literature. Her novels and stories for middle-grade and young adults range from contemporary realism, mystery/crime, and fantasy to her critically acclaimed novels based on the Arthurian mythos, I AM MORDRED: A TALE OF CAMELOT and I AM MORGAN LE FAY. Springer's children's books have won her two Edgar Allan Poe awards, a Carolyn W. Field award, various Children's Choice honors and numerous ALA Best Book listings. Her most recent series include the Tales of Rowan Hood, featuring Robin Hood s daughter, and the Enola Holmes mysteries, starring the much younger sister of Sherlock Holmes.

Ms. Springer lives in East Berlin, Pennsylvania.

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ISBN 13 9780142416907
ISBN 10 0142416908
Title Enola Holmes: The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline
Author Nancy Springer
Series An Enola Holmes Mystery
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published 2011-11-10
Number of pages 176
Prizes Nominated for Edgar Award Nominee 2010
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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