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| Original Title: | The Vanishing Houseboat ASIN B004UJ9K5S |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Penny Parker Mystery Stories #2 |
| Characters: | Penny Parker, Louise Sidell, Anthony Parker, Laura Blair, "Mud-Cat" Joe Gates, Gus Comstock, Mrs. Comstock, Jerry Livingstone, Maud Weems |
| Setting: | Riverview(United States) White Falls(United States) |
Mildred A. Wirt
Kindle Edition | Pages: 165 pages Rating: 3.79 | 111 Users | 19 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Vanishing Houseboat (Penny Parker Mystery Stories #2) |
| Author | : | Mildred A. Wirt |
| Book Format | : | Kindle Edition |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 165 pages |
| Published | : | by Amazon Digital Services, Inc. (first published 1939) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Fiction. Young Adult. Classics |
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When Penny and Louise take their friend Laura Blair to apply for a new job, they accidentally discover several mysteries. Linda begins work in a boarding house known for strange disappearances. Meanwhile, Penny becomes acquainted with Mud-Cat Joe and his family who are homeless ever since their houseboat was stolen. Naturally, the two mysteries are connected, and Penny is able to help both Laura Blair and Mud-Cat Joe at the same time.Rating Out Of Books The Vanishing Houseboat (Penny Parker Mystery Stories #2)
Ratings: 3.79 From 111 Users | 19 ReviewsWrite-Up Out Of Books The Vanishing Houseboat (Penny Parker Mystery Stories #2)
I do love Penny Parker, but watch out for gross 1930s racism. And unfortunately those stereotypes play right in to the resolution of the mystery.I read this one aloud with my mom while I was home for the holidays. We used to read Nancy Drew mysteries together when I was a kid, so it was a fun throwback. And we did enjoy the story despite all the cringing at the awful racism.This is #2 in the Penny Parker series by Mildred Wirt. I am liking the series pretty well so far. I've had these books for awhile, but am just now getting to read them. Some of them were pretty hard to aquire. Two of them are reprints I purchased from Jim Towey.
Terrific! A very entertaining book. Looking forward to reading # 3
Loved itKept me interested throughout and couldn't wait to find out who done it. looking forward to reading more by this author.
Mildred Wirt was the first author hired by the Stratemeyer Syndicate to write the Nancy Drew series. Constrained by specific phrases, attitudes and outfits, Wirt helped bring life to Nancy but felt more life was needed. She had the opportunity to write a character more like herself in Penny Parker. Wirt felt Parker was a better Nancy Drew than Nancy. Penny was not perfectly polite nor was she as socially graced and Nancy. Wirt thought she was a lot more fun.Reading Penny Parker is like reading
I've never read any Nancy Drew books, but I remember my sisters reading them when we were growing up. Mildred Wirt wrote many of the Nancy Drew books, and my guess is that there's a similarity to this series of books. After all, if something works, why not reuse it?I doubt that this book is a very realistic portrayal of how things were in the U.S. in the late 1930s--but still, it's a glimpse. Quick to read and interesting just from that angle.
There's actually two stories going on in this one. One story revolves around a family that lives on a houseboat. Their houseboat was stolen and Penny helps them with food while she tries to find their stole boat.The second story revolves around a friend of Penny's who takes a job at a mansion that seems to have a bad reputation with someone having disappeared from room 7. The people running the place are very nasty, particularly the wife who works Laura, the friend, extremely hard.There's also a
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