Status
Available
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Publication
Whitman Publishing Company (1963), Edition: First Thus
Description
The Bob-Whites, plus their friends from Iowa, add detective work to their New York City sightseeing trip after Trixie helps a stranger and receives, as thanks, a purse containing a cryptic prophecy and a promise of great fortune.
User reviews
LibraryThing member allawishus
In this one, Trixie and her friends go to New York to meet some friends who are visiting from Iowa. Trixie helps a Mexican woman at the airport, and the woman rewards her with a ~prophecy~ lol (she's a fortune teller that has been run out of NYC by the evil police - HA!). The prophecy is in
One superfunny thing about this one was that Mr. Wheeler and another random character both called out Miss Trask on her shoddy "nanny" skills, letting Trixie get kidnapped by murderous thugs being just one of the many times she fell down on the job in this book. Oh, Miss Trask!
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Spanish, but when Miss Trask translates it to English it is in rhyming couplets (double lol!). Anyway, the prophecy is sort of a red herring; the real story is about a vicious gang of jewel thieves that stalk Trixie throughout the city. She finds the stolen jewels and catches the crooks, of course!One superfunny thing about this one was that Mr. Wheeler and another random character both called out Miss Trask on her shoddy "nanny" skills, letting Trixie get kidnapped by murderous thugs being just one of the many times she fell down on the job in this book. Oh, Miss Trask!
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LibraryThing member AprilBrown
A childhood favorite re-visited.
Is the story as good as I remember? – Yes
What ages would I recommend it too? – Ten and up.
Length? – Most of a day’s read.
Characters? – Memorable, several characters.
Setting? – Real world, pre - computer pre - air conditioning, pre - cell phone.
Written
Does the story leave questions in the readers mind? – Ready to read more.
Any issues the author (or a more recent publisher) should cover? Yes. A slight mention of the time frame of the story - as the teens are given far more freedom to come and go as they please than would be safe today. Also, the absence of computers, cell phones, and air conditioning in homes, especially the mansion.
Short storyline: Trixie Belden buys a statue at a antique store in New York City. While the group, and their friends from Iowa visit tourist destinations, three thieves constantly work to steal the statue back from Trixie.
Notes for the reader: A great mystery! No violence (only referred to from the past), no murder. This is one of the more harrowing one, in which one thief threatens Trixie with a gun towards the end of the novel.
Is the story as good as I remember? – Yes
What ages would I recommend it too? – Ten and up.
Length? – Most of a day’s read.
Characters? – Memorable, several characters.
Setting? – Real world, pre - computer pre - air conditioning, pre - cell phone.
Written
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approximately? – 1964?.Does the story leave questions in the readers mind? – Ready to read more.
Any issues the author (or a more recent publisher) should cover? Yes. A slight mention of the time frame of the story - as the teens are given far more freedom to come and go as they please than would be safe today. Also, the absence of computers, cell phones, and air conditioning in homes, especially the mansion.
Short storyline: Trixie Belden buys a statue at a antique store in New York City. While the group, and their friends from Iowa visit tourist destinations, three thieves constantly work to steal the statue back from Trixie.
Notes for the reader: A great mystery! No violence (only referred to from the past), no murder. This is one of the more harrowing one, in which one thief threatens Trixie with a gun towards the end of the novel.
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LibraryThing member nx74defiant
A nice mystery. Trixie buys a little statue and the trouble begins. The kids spend a lot of time in New York City by themselves.
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Original publication date
1963