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Synopsis
Kaci enjoys reading mysteries and adventure stories as long as there are other family members around and especially when she has a big bowl of popcorn nearby. Sometimes, though, she longs for a little excitement and wonders what it would be like to have a real adventure.
Kaci is feeling this way at the time her family moves to a house in a new development that is supposed to be safer than their old neighborhood. She likes everything about the new place except the nosy neighbor next door, Mrs. Banducci. She's a pain, always asking too many questions. She's around the morning Kaci comes home from school to get special medicine for her allergy attack, and her questions are about the deliveries made that morning to Kaci's house. What were they? Kaci doesn't know. She also doesn't know, when she gets to her front door, why it is open. No one is supposed to be home.
Although she doesn't realize it right then, this is the start of Kaci's big adventure. The new development, it turns out, is not so safe after all. A neighborhood where Mrs. Banducci is probably the only person home all day is ideal for thieves who want to break in and steal -- thieves who don't care what they do to you when they find you in a house where they don't expect you to be. Kaci's adventure is one that can even make her value Mrs. Banducci.
Once again Willo Davis Roberts has created an adventure story that leaves you breathless, yet makes you feel it could happen down the street, next door, or even to you.
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From the Back Cover
"I always thought I'd be ready for an adventure, if one ever came along. I didn't know how stupid that was until it happened".
About the Author
Willo Davis Roberts lives in Washington State with her husband, David, a writer-photographer. She is the author of more than ninety books, many of them mystery, suspense, medical background, and historical novels for adults. Her books for children include Don't Hurt Laurie! (a Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies, Young Hoosier Award); The Magic Book (a Library of Congress Children's Book of the Year); Megan's Island, and The Absolutely True Story... How I Visited Yellowstone Park with the Terrible Rupes (both recipients of the Edgar Allan Poe Best Juvenile Mystery Award); Twisted Summer; and The Kidnappers.
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- PublisherPerfection Learning
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0756913608
- ISBN 13 9780756913601
- BindingHardcover
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