Gilda Joyce: The Ladies of the Lake | |
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Author(s) | Jennifer Allison |
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.
Contents |
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 few 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 blindfolded that was overlapping the lake on the eve of Thanksgiving while trying to get to her house. However, Gilda suspects that someone might have intentionally pushed Dolores into the depths of the lake or made her walk on it. In this novel, Gilda investigates the drowning of Dolores, and approaches to the truth after eavesdropping, and sneaking into places she was not supposed to be. Eventually, she discovers that Danielle Menory, Priscilla Barkley, and Nikki Grimaldi, were members of The Ladies of the Lake, a secret society. In her initiation ceremony, Dolores to find her way to the ruins (wher they had the secert club)and she went on the lake and drowned. The girls are eventually punished and Gilda's mother breaks up with her boyfriend Brad. The only downfall is that Gilda scholership was taken away from Our Lady of Sorrows for having failing grades (although it is implied that she is kicked out for revealing that three of the school's most prized citizens were involved in murder, even if it was an accident).[1]
The author is Jennifer Allison.
2007 Edgar Awards Nominee [2]
2006 VOYA Top Shelf Fiction Selection for Middle School Readers[3] Characters: Gilda Joyce Mrs.Joyce Catholic girls Dolores P. Lambert Mrs.McCracken Miss Underhill Marcie Wendy Choy Brad Squib Velma Master Psychic Mr.Joyce