Gilda Joyce: The Ladies of the Lake
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| Gilda Joyce: The Ladies of the Lake | |
| Author | Jennifer Allison |
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| Illustrator | Greg Swearingen |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Gilda Joyce |
| Genre(s) | Children's Mystery novel |
| Publisher | Dutton Children's Books |
| Publication date | 2006 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 334 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN |
| Preceded by | Gilda Joyce: Psychic Investigator |
| Followed by | Gilda Joyce: The Ghost Sonata |
Gilda Joyce: The Ladies of the Lake is a mystery novel written by Jennifer Allison, published by Dutton Children's Books.
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[edit] Plot summary
When Gilda Joyce earns a scholarship to attend Our Ladies of the Sorrows, a private high school for Catholic girls, she discovers that a girl named Dolores Lambert had drowned in the lake near the school a fews years ago. In this novel, self-proclaimed psychic investigator Gilda Joyce investigates the mysterious happenings that seems to connect with the drowning of Dolores. Some people say that Dolores walked onto a sheet of cracked ice that was overlapping the lake on the eve of Thanksgiving and drowned. However, Gilda suspects that someone might have pushed Dolores into the depths of the lake. In this novel, Gilda investigates the drowning of Dolores, and approaches to the truth. [1]
[edit] Characters
- Gilda Joyce - Psychic Investigator (Self-Proclaimed), Student
- Wendy Choy - A friend of Gilda Joyce, Student (attending a different school)
- Dolores Lambert - A girl who drowned in Our Ladies of Sorrows a few years ago, Ghost
- Mrs. Joyce - Gilda's mother, nurse
- Shirley McCraken - Headmistress of Our Ladies of Sorrows
- Priscilla Barkley- A student of Our Ladies of Sorrows also president of Ladies of the Lake
- Danielle Menory- Another student of Our Ladies of Sorrows
- Tiara - A student from Our Ladies of Sorrows
- Marcie Dinklemeyer - A student at Our Ladies of Sorrows, who tries to act like Gilda's mother-at-school
- Velma Underhill - A secretary at Our Ladies of Sorrows
- Mr. Pante - A teacher at Our Ladies of Sorrows, often mispronounced as "Mr. Panty". Many girls in his class have crushes on him.
- Nikki - A student from Our Ladies of Sorrows
- Brad Squib - Mrs. Joyce's boy friend
- Stephen Joyce - Gilda's brother
The author is Jennifer Allison.
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ (2006) Gilda Joyce: The Ladies of the Lake. Dutton Children Books.
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