Anyone interested in the book I mentioned? I forgot to tell you the author's name: Alan Bradley.
This one is the second in the series.
I will perhaps wet your appetite a little more with the last few lines of the book. (Don't worry, it doesn't give anything away). The narrator is 11 year old Flavia de Luce. She writes: "I paused at the door...and turned. 'If anyone wants me,' I said 'I shall be upstairs, weeping at the bottom of my closet.'"
Now normally I can't stand precocious kids- but Flavia is different. She is neglected (in a large country estate in 1950's England) enough to not have the annoying puffed up sense of self most brilliant kids have. She also has a good sense of humor. I think you will like her too.
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