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The Name of the Game Was Murder 51 reviews
Joan Lowery Nixon
Laurel Leaf, 1994
A Wonderful Book Review written by a Wonderful Person
Samantha wants to be a writer,but first she wantsto know if shes any good.Her Aunt Thea's husband is a famous writerand knows many royal high headed people.After begging her mom to let her stay with Aunt Thea ,Samantha relizes she shouldnt have come,too late.Agustus,Thea's husband sent letters to another writer,a senetor,a name brand man,an actress,and a famous football player.The letter was ...
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The Other Side of Dark (Laurel-Leaf Suspense Fiction)128 reviews
Joan Lowery Nixon
Laurel Leaf, 1987
The Revealing Story of a Coma Case
This book was amazing! I am really into mysteries so this was truly a page-turner for me! Joan Lowery Nixon uses suspense to keep the reader hooked until the end. She frightens readers by the way she makes the protagonist seem like she's in real danger and then it ends up being something that couldn't even hurt a fly. After the story keeps unraveling more and more things are discovered and that's ...
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If You Were a Writer3 reviews
Joan Lowery Nixon
Aladdin, 1995
If I Were A Writer
This story is about a young girl who's mother is a writer. The girl watches her mother work and picks up pointers on things that writers do. The girl then starts some writing of her own. As a teacher, I have found that, this book inspires my students to become writers and it is wonderful to use with "writer's workshop."
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A Family Apart (Orphan Train Adventures) 35 reviews
Joan Lowery Nixon
Laurel Leaf, 1995
a heart warming story
This was a thrilling book about a poor family that live in newyork the family has to deal with many problems first the dad dies, then the 3rd eldest gets in to some trouble because he is a copper thief Mike (the copper thief) is sent to a hearing The judge announces under there mothers wishes that the children ( Petey, Peg, Danny, Mike, Megan, and Frances) are to be sent west on the orphan train. ...
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A Place to Belong (Orphan Train Adventures)4 reviews
Joan Lowery Nixon
Laurel Leaf, 1996
A Place to Belong
This is a great book. I wouldn't recommend reading this book before: A Family Apart, Caught in the Act, and In the Face of Danger. It is the last book a Quartet about the Kelly children. Unless you don't want to read the first three I suggest you read A Place to Belong last.
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Search for the Shadowman (Joan Lowery Nixon)29 reviews
Joan Lowery Nixon
Yearling, 1998
This Book Is Mysterious, Scary, And Great
In this book Shadow Man you will experience some sad, mysterious, and shocking things. Initially, the main character in the story, twelve-year-old Andy Thomas isn't thrilled with his teacher's assignment to explore family history. But when asking questions about his ancestors, he is surprised to discover a relative named Coley Joe Bonner. No one wants to discuss what went on in the family's past. ...
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In The Face of Danger (Orphan Train Adventures)6 reviews
Joan Lowery Nixon
Laurel Leaf, 1996
!!!!!!!!!!!!!A Great Book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I thought that this was a great book. after I read A family apart (book #1 of the series) I decided to read them all I thought this one was the best of the 7 books.
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Nightmare 17 reviews
Joan Lowery Nixon
Yearling, 2005
Nightmare is an awesome book! Ella
This book is about a girl named Emily, who is nothing like her family. Her parents think she is not smart enough for school, so when they send her to and underachiever's camp in Dallas, TX, Emily is far from thrilled! Ever since she was eight years old, Emily has been haunted by a nightmare about murder. Now when she sees the camp, something seems familiar. Then she realizes, whet if the dream ...
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The House On Hackman's Hill115 reviews
Joan Lowery Nixon
Scholastic Paperbacks, 2001
Creepy, but sweeeeeeeeeet!
okay. I hate scary stuff and it was hard to pick up this book at first. But it was like a scary movie that you cant stop watching. The only thing different is that I did not regret this one. Even though it is terrifying at some parts, it's pretty good. As a kid, I advise not to buy this book for a little kid. The horror elements are kind of creepy. The couple hours afterward were very alert to ...
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Caught in the Act (Orphan Train Adventures)7 reviews
Joan Lowery Nixon
Laurel Leaf, 1996
a Caught in the Act review
Michael Patrick Kelly, age 11, is one of his five brothers and sisters who are being sent west on an orphan train by their Ma so they can live a better life than they've had working on the streets of New York City. While his brothers and sisters are placed in good homes, Mike finds life difficult with the family he has been adopted into, especially since he had been a pickpocket out of necessity ...
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Secret, Silent Screams (Laurel-leaf Suspense)33 reviews
Joan Lowery Nixon
Laurel Leaf, 1990
Read this book
Secret, Silent Screams is a great book for teenagers. It has to deal alot with life. Helps teens see that life is not always fun and perfect. Sectret, Silent Screams is about a young girl named Marti who believes that her good friend Barry was murdered but no one will believe her. Everybody was lead to believe that Barry comitted suicide. The only person who believes Marti is a police officer who ...
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The Seance45 reviews
Joan Lowery Nixon
Harcourt Paperbacks, 2004
This is a MUST read book
The S?ance
By: Joan Lowery Nixon
Reviewed by: Justin
Ages: 11+
Grades: 5th and up
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This is a very exciting book and a great read. From sentence one you will be grasped and you will want to read more. This is about a young girl named Lauren who had wanted nothing to do with the s?ance her friends are having at ...
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The Weekend Was Murder23 reviews
Joan Lowery Nixon
Laurel Leaf, 1994
Ainslie
I loved this book it was exelent! I hate to read but this book was just so good i would read it again
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The Stalker17 reviews
Joan Lowery Nixon
Laurel Leaf, 1987
My review of the book
The book is very descriptive and direct in its dialoge. The book is written well and the story follows through the whole book. It's about a 18 year old girl, named Jennifer, whose best friend is accused of the crime of killing her own mother. Jennifer sets out to hire a private investegator to help her discover the true criminal behind the case. The only thing is, she has to prove it to the ...
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The Kidnapping of Christina Lattimore36 reviews
Joan Lowery Nixon
Harcourt Paperbacks, 2004
Lauren Burke's amazing review!
"What are you doing? I'm Christina Lattimore. These people kidnapped me!" (Nixion, 1979, pg.123). "She worked this thing out to look like a kidnapping! She wanted to get the money from her grandmother! You saw her with the gun!" (Nixon, 1979, pg.123). Christina Lattimore is normal teenage girl. She goes to school, hangs out with her friends and like most teenagers she doesn't like her parents. ...
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Land of Hope (Ellis Island)10 reviews
Joan Lowery Nixon
Laurel Leaf, 1993
makes you want to read it again
I recieved this book as a present in 5th grade. i read it and loved it, it was only until now in 11th grade i recieved an assignment on immigration where we had to incorporate a novel with history. I remembered my favorite book Land Of Hope, so i chose to read it again and even though the reading level was for someone much younger i still loved it.
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Whispers from the Dead39 reviews
Joan Lowery Nixon
Laurel Leaf, 1991
visions of murder
This book is about a girl named Sarah. Her family decides to move to this huge house that was on a beautiful neighbor hood. What Sarah's family didn't know was that someone was murdered in the house before they moved. Sarah found this out first hand when she starts hearing voices and seeing things such as puddles of blood on the floor. When she lived in her old town she almost drowned when she ...
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A Dangerous Promise (Orphan Train Adventures)4 reviews
Joan Lowery Nixon
Laurel Leaf, 1995
the orphan train adventures: a dangerous promise
i thnk this was a good book except for the fact that at the ending it did not tell who the spy was it left the reader hanging too much but overall it was good like i said the ending was bad when it did not tell who the spy was!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (IM AM 13 IM NOT 12 I PUT 12 SO I CAN PUT THIS REVIEW)!!!!!
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The Ghosts of Now15 reviews
Joan Lowery Nixon
Laurel Leaf, 1986
The Ghosts of when?
This book "The Ghosts of Now," was an exciting thriller. It all starts on a stormy Friday night. On that Friday night Angie Dupree gets a phone call, someone says "Your brother is dead." When she goes to the hospital she fines out that her is stuck in coma which he may never recover from. Angie has a hit and run case in her hands. Angie doesn't know what happened last night, but she is ...
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The Haunting 43 reviews
Joan Lowery Nixon
Yearling, 2005
Petrified Plantation
Joan Lowery Nixon is a striking writer. I would read this book over and over again. She shows an evil mood, when she describes the mysterious evil that haunts the old plantation house. Nixon's style is mysterious murders, ghosts, and other things that go bump in the night.
I would recommend this book to people who love a good spine-chilling, horrifying, spooky tale. The exposition could use a ...
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