- Mystery and detective stories, Juvenile fiction, Detective and mystery stories, Fiction
A thirteen-year-old boy's trip to Venezuela with his cousin culminates in murder and the discovery of an unexpected bond with an Indian tribe, dating from the days of Simón Bolívar.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and plot-driven.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Madeleine L'Engle
- First published
- 1976
- Pages
- 293
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Dell, Square Fish
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780440917199
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First sentence
“The M.S. Orion was tied up at Savannah, Georgia.”
About Madeleine L'Engle · 1918–2007
American writer
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