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Aug 4, 2015 · CHASING SECRETS | Kirkus Reviews. BOOK LIST 20 Books That Should Be Bestsellers. 0. Reviews. CHILDREN'S. shop now. amazon. bookshelf. CHASING SECRETS. by Gennifer Choldenko ‧RELEASE DATE: Aug. 4, 2015. A solid story of friendship, mystery, and one girl’s perseverance, in which a health scare and its rumors mirror today’s... bookshelf. shop now.
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Aug 4, 2015 · Chasing Secrets. Gennifer Choldenko. 3.81. 2,348 ratings415 reviews. Newbery Honor–winning author Gennifer Choldenko deftly combines humor, tragedy, fascinating historical detail, and a medical mystery in this exuberant new novel. San Francisco, 1900. The Gilded Age.
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Written by Gennifer Choldenko. Review by Ellen Brockmole Jessica Brockmole. Thirteen-year-old Elizabeth Kennedy has no greater concerns than navigating friendships at school and dreaming about following in her physician father’s footsteps, but when San Francisco’s Chinatown is placed under quarantine in 1900, suddenly life is more ...
On My Bookshelf: Chasing Secrets by Gennifer Choldenko. The basic plot from Amazon: San Francisco, 1900. The Gilded Age. A fantastic time to be alive for lots of people . . . but not thirteen-year-old Lizzie Kennedy, stuck at Miss Barstow’s snobby school for girls.
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Jul 19, 2016 · “The plot is enriched by winning characters, meaningful friendships, a taut atmosphere, and secrets multiplying as fast as the story’s rats.” — Booklist starred review
Lizzie’s secret passion is science, an unsuitable subject for finishing-school girls. Lizzie lives to go on house calls with her physician father. On those visits to his patients, she discovers a hidden dark side of the city—a side that’s full of secrets, rats, and rumors of the plague.
