12/15/12

A Christmas Promise by Anne Perry


14th Overlap replacement

 ★★★

GENRE: Cozy Mystery
SUBJECT: friendship, drug trade
SETTING: London, England, UK
CHARACTERS: Gracie Phipps, Minnie Maude Mudway, Mr. Balthasar,
DATE READ: December 10 - December 14
NO. OF PAGES: 208
Off the Shelf (pre-2012)? Source?:   No, Public Library
CATEGORY: Extra curricular activities

PLOT: 3
CHARACTERIZATION: 3
TOPICS: 3
STYLE: 3.5
ORIGINALITY: 3
ADDICTIVENESS: 3
OWNERSHIP: 3
THRESHOLD QUALITY: 3
Average 3.1

Gracie Phipps, a young girl living in the poorer section of London befriends an 8 year old who is  wandering the streets searching for her lost donkey. The child fears that her donkey will not find his way home and that she must track him down.

Their adventures take them into the seedier parts of the city but throughout the friendship forged between the two young girls aids them to their unusual conclusion.

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