This book came up on LL last week, which OF COURSE made me want to reread it! It holds up so well for a middle grade book written in 1979*--solid mystery plot, GREAT characters, etc etc. It's one of those mysteries that is actually BETTER on a reread because you can see how all the pieces come together. It makes me so sad that Ellen Raskin died before she could write any more (I love her earlier books too, but obviously this is the stand-out). Anyway, I love everything about this book (except the mildly awkward epilogue). TURTLE FOREVER.
*Because it was written in 1979, there are some word choices we wouldn’t use today, but I think otherwise this has a pretty modern sensibility.
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