Anna S. (annapi) reviewed on 1/2/2010 + 334 more book reviews

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I didn't realize till well into the story that this is set before Gracie Phipps came to work for Thomas & Charlotte Pitt as their maid. Thirteen-year-old Gracie meets an 8-year-old girl in the market looking for a lost donkey. Her Uncle Alf has died and his cart and the donkey are missing. Reluctantly Gracie helps her as she realizes that the stubborn child will continue to search on her own and is too young to get very far. But it becomes apparent that Uncle Alf was killed and the cart taken for unknown reasons - and if the girls continue to ask questions, they may very well be in danger too. It's a much better story than the previous one in the series, and though these Christmas tales lack substance, the rich atmosphere of Perry's Victorian writing is always an interesting world to return to.

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