![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But through it all she exhibits a direct good sense and alert intelligence that win regard from all parties, and from readers as well. At times the conflicting claims are almost too much for Jean, whose uncertain judgment leads her into a potentially perilous situation. Callender's will, which could answer much, can be found among the family papers. It becomes clear that she's in danger, but from which side? Perhaps old Mr. Jean herself is poisoned, but whether purposely or by accident, whether in Enoch's home or in Mr. Thiel, and with Mac, the local doctor's son, who becomes her partner in tracking down the family secrets. Thiel not on speaking terms with Enoch Callender, Irene's younger brother, who lives nearby? Was Irene murdered, and if so by whom? And what happened to her child, who disappeared soon after its mother's death? As the summer and her task proceed, Jean becomes better acquainted with both Enoch and Mr. But the Callender family mystery proves more intriguing: Why is Mr. Thiel has summoned Jean to sort and dispose of several cartons of Callender family papers, a dull and bewildering task. Thiel, the widow of Aunt Constance's girlhood friend Irene Callender. Written in the first person with a touch of period primness, it's the story of Jean Wainwright's 13th summer in 1894, which she spends away from Aunt Constance, the admirable girls'-school headmistress who raised her, in the employ of wintery Mr. Less ambitious than Voigt's other novels, this conforms to an established juvenile fiction genre, but it is a superior example of its type. ![]()
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