A Mystery for Thoreau

By: Kin Platt

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Synopsis: Sixteen-year-old Oliver Puckle, news gatherer for the Concord Freeman in the summer of 1846, has his work cut out for him when word arrives of a gruesome murder at Walden Pond. It seems the only citizen who is not a suspect is the poetphilosopher Henry David Thoreau, who spent the night locked in the local jail for refusing to pay his poll tax. As Oliver leads the charge to unravel the mystery, he has much to learn from his colorful neighbors – among them Ralph Waldo Emerson and a feisty teenage Louisa May Alcott – but unexpectedly it is the recluse Thoreau himself who provides particular help to the investigation. This posthumously published novel, set in the famously literary town of Concord, Massachusetts, is rich with intrigue and witty detail and features a foreword by the author's son.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781466804388
Related ISBNs:: 9780374353377
Publisher:: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date of Addition:: 03/14/25
Copyrighted By:: Westside-Eastside Entertainment, LLC
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Teens, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
Grade Levels:: Seventh grade, Eighth grade, Ninth grade, Tenth grade, Eleventh grade, Twelfth grade
Reading Age:: 12–18
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.