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Dorothy Hoobler

Autor/a de The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn

96 obres 3,997 Membres 73 Ressenyes 2 preferits

Sobre l'autor

Dorothy Hoobler is a historian and author of over sixty books, both fiction and nonfiction, mostly for young readers. Her and her husband are the authors of the well-loved American Family Album series, including The Japanese American Family Album, which was named a Carter G. Woodson Honor Book in mostra'n més 1997. The Hooblers won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Young Adult Novel in 2005 with In Darkness, Death. In addition, the Society for School Librarians International chose their book Showa: The Era of Hirohito for a best book award in 1991, and they have been cited for excellence by the Library of Congress, the Parents' Choice Foundation, Bank Street College, the International Reading Association, the National Conference of Christians and Jews, and the New York Public Library. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
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Obres de Dorothy Hoobler

The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn (1999) 785 exemplars
Where Are the Great Pyramids? (2015) — Autor — 332 exemplars
The Demon in the Teahouse (2001) 198 exemplars
Where Is the Taj Mahal? (2017) 171 exemplars
In Darkness, Death (2004) 137 exemplars
A Samurai Never Fears Death (1800) 77 exemplars
Confucianism (World Religions) (1993) 53 exemplars
Seven Paths to Death (1800) 44 exemplars
The Irish American Family Album (1995) 29 exemplars
Stálin (1985) 19 exemplars
The Cuban American Family Album (1996) 14 exemplars
An Album of World War I (1976) 11 exemplars
House Plants (1975) 11 exemplars
The Voyages of Captain Cook (1983) 11 exemplars
An Album of World War II (1977) 10 exemplars
Showa: The Age of Hirohito (1990) 9 exemplars
The 1920s: Luck (Century Kids) (2000) 8 exemplars
Pruning (1975) 8 exemplars
An Album of the Seventies (1981) 5 exemplars
The Year in Bloom (1977) 5 exemplars
Photographing the frontier (1980) 5 exemplars
The Red-Headed Demon (2014) 5 exemplars
Nelson and Winnie Mandela (1987) 4 exemplars
Friends in America (2003) 3 exemplars
A New School Experience (2003) 2 exemplars
French portraits (1994) 2 exemplars
Chu En-Lai 2 exemplars

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They use the Mona Lisa story as a hook, it is a very small portion of the narrative, It doesn't matter, though, because the catalogue of other crimes on order is full and a mini-history of French forensics is provided. Enjoyable read
 
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cspiwak | Hi ha 16 ressenyes més | Mar 6, 2024 |
The pacing was strange. The long introduction was a bit of a slog, and spacing the Mona Lisa mystery out as the author did was vaguely frustrating, especially because there wasn't quite enough content to it to justify its prominence in the book. There were lots of interesting anecdotes (like Picasso's involvement in the Mona Lisa affair), the history of the detective novel was pretty interesting, and so was the stuff on the history of criminal identification (from pre-Bertillonage to fingerprints). I'm sure it was tough to get all this to hang together, and the author mostly succeeded. But it was still a choppy read sometimes.… (més)
 
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caedocyon | Hi ha 16 ressenyes més | Feb 23, 2024 |
Huh, neat.

I picked this up at a library book sale thinking it was yet another juvenile horror to add to my collection. It turns out to be a historical juvenile mystery set in Shogun-era Japan. It even spawned a whole series following Judge Ooka and Seikei's adventures. It's a solid story, thowing a lot of historical detail and cultural references into the mix. Unfortunately, I can't speak for the accuracy as I know next to nothing of the period, but it was a fun mystery that side-steps many of the usual glowing "clues" and such that juvenile mysteries often depend upon.

Samurai Detective

Next: 'The Demon in the Teahouse'
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ManWithAnAgenda | Hi ha 14 ressenyes més | Feb 18, 2022 |
I just couldn't get into this one. The writing style bothered me and kept drawing me out of the story.
 
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nagshead2112 | Hi ha 14 ressenyes més | Apr 27, 2021 |

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Obres
96
Membres
3,997
Popularitat
#6,315
Valoració
½ 3.7
Ressenyes
73
ISBN
262
Llengües
6
Preferit
2

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