SuitabookWhere are my books?
Debbie Ridpath Ohi
- Reading
- Pause at each new disappearance and invite your reader to compare the object left behind with earlier clues. Afterwards, revisit which details helped explain the mystery.
- Themes
- A bookish mystery: Spencer’s books disappear one by one, with an object left in place of each; he searches for them and works out what is happening. The repeated clues and Spencer’s investigation structure the story as a mystery, rather than establishing a broader judgement about the cause of the losses.
- Worth knowing
- The story includes repeated losses of Spencer’s books. Consider whether that kind of disruption might matter to your reader, while keeping in mind that the plot presents it as a mystery to solve.