[LM_NET] Review: I So Don't Do Mysteries (grades 6-up)

[Pamela Thompson <pthomp@SISD.NET>]

I So Don't Do Mysteries
by Barrie Summy
Scholastic, 2008.
264 pages

A really funny take on the traditional ghost story, this novel has readers laughing 
out loud at Sheri's (short for Sherlock's) antics. She's a fashion diva with a 
hilarious sense of humor and a penchant for understatement. When she meets her 
mother's ghost--no kidding...her mother needs Sheri's help with a mystery in 
California...Sheri tries to say no. Eventually she ends up relenting and flies to 
California for a "vacation" with her best friend and elderly aunt. While her aunt 
takes care of a sick friend, Sheri locates her ghost mother and grandfather--who is 
now a bird in the afterlife. With their help, Sheri is out to solve the mystery of 
who is trying to kill the rhinos at the wild animal park and why.

Quirky, funny, and appealing, this novel is a fun read for anyone who enjoys a 
mystery with just a little ghost story thrown in the mix.

Recommended for YA collections, grades 6-up.
Pamela Thompson, MLIS
Library Media Specialist
Col. John O. Ensor Middle School
13600 Ryderwood
El Paso, TX
915-937-6018
pthomp@sisd.net<mailto:pthomp@sisd.net>

visit my YA novel blog at http://booksbypamelathompson.blogspot.com/


"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog is too dark to 
read." --Groucho Marx

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