I love the fact that the three main characters are resourceful kids who can often use their knowledge (from inventing and book reading) to figure things out that many adults would not be able to do. And I don't want my kids to think books are only fairy tales and happy endings since that is not how real life is. It contains an evil villain who in later books is even willing to murder.īut personally I don't think kids should be shielded from the fact that evil does abound in this world. Look on a femalesheepbritishsubway for a funnymovieclipįirst off, this book is a bit dark, maybe too much so for younger readers in that it deals with the death of the family's parents right off the bat. Roxanne's star sang it in Housesitter, that's your tip One with so few words, that even I know them dead. Think of a lullaby that I used to sing before bed Social distancing practices are preventing me from seeing her today so forgive me if I use this site to leave the next clue for her digital version. She turns sixteen today and I have been doing a indoor scavenger hunt for her birthday since she can remember birthdays. She now writes her own stories for enjoyment and I have to give this series some of the credit. She liked the plotting and the genre (its gothic) but most of all she loved the playful use of language.

I think she read through them all three times. I have fond memories of her excitement when I used to surprise her by leaving a new volume on her bed for her to read before sleep. However she was a greater reader so you might want to start it little later. I read one them to her when she was seven, but she started reading them on her own at 8.

The bad beginning series