The Girl is Murder by Kathryn Miller Haines
Roaring Brook Press
2011
342p.
In 1942 New York City, fifteen-year-old Iris grieves for her mother who committed suicide and for the loss of her life of privilege, and secretly helps her father with his detective business since he, having lost a leg at Pearl Harbor, struggles to make ends meet.
I think this one skews a little too teen for the Mock Newbery. It was an enjoyable read, but not outstanding.
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