Mystery on Cape Cod
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Kansas brother and sister set out to visit a crotchety elderly relative at her
seaside village home on Cape Cod. On
the bus they meet up with her neighbor, a scientist from the famous Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution, who befriends them when they miss connections. He fascinates them with accounts of sea
expeditions aboard the research vessel ATLANTIS, and adds that his own son Eric
is their same age. But upon arrival at
Cousin Lou’s, she shows marked hostility at the mere mention of his name.
Their
unusual and adventurous encounter with Eric results in instant friendship. But Cousin Lou, who brands Eric a thief,
also discloses that his father is the local pariah, shunned by all for a crime
he is believed to have committed a year ago.
How can they possibly clear Eric’s name, and that of his father as
well? The supposed crime is a year old
and the trail is cold!
In
a tightly knit and well-plotted story filled with adventure, they also absorb a
lot about ecology, the environment and science, areas where our young people
lag behind their European counterparts.
The Cape Cod background is authentic.
The characters are well delineated.
Adelaide
Cummings has an A.B. degree from
Radcliffe College. She was
Editor-in-Chief of Child Life magazine for thirteen years and
has published many articles in national magazines, (Town and Country, Harper’s
Bazaar, and had one article reprinted in Readers Digest). Cummings published a juvenile novel Adventure on
the Cloud 9 with G.P. Putnam & Sons, and two books with
Houghton-Mifflin (one juvenile biography, one adult non fiction). She was a
columnist for The National Observer for 3 years, the column entitled Zoo’s Who,
which won their prestigious Laurel Award for most popular column. The author has had many poems published, and
two have appeared in major anthologies, and an earlier book of poetry.
She
has won three National Senior-Olympic gold medals and one silver, and one USTA
senior national title (all these in tennis). Lectured in juvenile writing at
Radcliffe Course in Publishing Procedure and at the Boston Center of Adult Education.
She lives in Cape Cod.