Audacity Jones Steals the Show

Reviewed by: Barbara Merritt - s, Scarborough, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: February 28, 2018

Review

Audacity Jones and her friend Bimmy leave Miss Maisie's School for Wayward Girls for New York City. There they meet Harry Houdini as he prepares to make an elephant disappear. They discover a plot that could make the trick fail. Multiple viewpoints come together to propel the story. Historical story elements give the book the feel of the time, though the picture on the cover does not look like girls from the 1910s. There is an element of animal cruelty and protecting animals involving the element. Overall, a good mystery for middle grade readers.

Overall Book Score: good