Enola is back with another mystery! Since her mum has disappeared, Mrs. Tupper, the old landlady who brings Enola food, feels like family. So when Mrs. Tupper gets an odd letter and asks Enola to help solve the mystery, Enola just has to help the old lady. But this is a hard mystery! It gets even challenging when Mrs. Tupper disappears! It seems that she was kidnapped. The lady's room is trashed, things are broken, and her drawers are smashed and on the floor. Enola has to do a through check through to see if the villains had left anything behind, but they are good! They didn't leave anything of themselves there. But when Enola spots an embroidered ribbon, she realizes that a message had been hidden- an undelivered message. And Florence Nightingale is involved a little more that Enola's liking. Now Enola must solve this mystery, meet Florence Nightingale, find Mrs. Tupper, AND still stay hidden from her brothers. Crazy right? Well this is just another case for Enola! Happy reading!
The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline: An Enola Holmes Mystery
By Nancy Springer
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 4 - 7 | Grades 10 - 9 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
EnolaÕs 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, sheÕs 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, hereÕs another absorbing adventure for our award-winning, unstoppable heroine, Enola Holmes.
Publisher: Puffin Books
ISBN-13: 9780142416907
ISBN-10: 0142416908
Published on 11/10/2011
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 176