The Mystery at the Crooked House
Gertrude Chandler Warner
- Reading
- Enjoy it as a puzzle: pause at the riddle and invite your reader to suggest possibilities before continuing, without needing to guess the answer correctly.
- Themes
- Solving a riddle: The Alden children try to solve a riddle that may lead to hidden treasure. The riddle-and-treasure premise gives the mystery a concrete problem for the children to pursue.
- Worth knowing
- The story centres on a mystery and a hidden-treasure riddle.