Brooklyn

__The Ghost Children by Eve Bunting __ __Brooklyn Naylor __ The mystery book I'm reading is __The Ghost Children by Eve Bunting__. The mystery in this story is that someone stoled Aunt Gerda's dolls. The main characters in the story are Matt who is a caring person, and Abby, a little girl who is clueless. My other main character is Aunt Gerda. She is a strange woman who lives close to the Grand Canyon and she has dolls that she thinks are her children. Another main character is Kristin she is fearless and not afraid of anybody.

In the story Matt and Abby have nowhere to go after their parents died. Aunt Gerda mails them a letter that said "Your mom said you should come live with me. I have a lot of friends for you.” They arrived at Aunt Gerda's house and she had walls of dolls on their little stands. Aunt Gerda showed Matt and Abby where their room was and they went straight to bed. The next morning, Matt and Abby were having breakfast and as they were eating, a blonde headed tall girl pulled into the driveway on her bike and walked inside and dropped off the groceries. Her name was Kristin and after awhile they got to know her. The next morning Matt, Kristin and Abby heard that someone was threatening Aunt Gerda. Kristin and Matt rode thier bikes around town trying to figure out who was scaring Aunt Gerda. They found one guy named Clay Greenley but he could not have been messing with Aunt Gerda because they talked to Mr. Ericson and he said he would never do such a thing. When Matt got home Abby was helping Aunt Gerda dress the dolls. That night Matt saw the shed door was open. When Matt got down stairs Matt said“ Aunt Gerda the shed door is open” Aunt Gerda gasped. Matt and Aunt Gerda both ran outside to the shed. When they got inside Aunt Gerda screamed and said "Isadora is gone the poor unfinished doll". Then they looked outside and saw the grave of Harriette and saw the grave was dug up and someone had taken the dead doll. Later that night Aunt Gerda told Matt to go to bed. When Matt got upstairs he saw a red chest and I thought it was full of doll clothes. In the morning Abby and Matt were staring at the red chest Abby silently said “open it” so Matt took his hand and ripped it open. The chest had millions and millions of dollars in it. They quickly shut it and forgot about it. Matt thought about his mom’s paintings and where could he sell the paintings. He decided that Los Angelos would be the best place to sell them. They wanted to help Aunt Gerda with bills. Matt told Abby what he was thinking so they went to the bus stop. Guess who was there--Kristin. She insisted on coming with them. When Matt, Kristin and Abby got to L.A. Matt saw Mr. Blakely's Art Studio. They decided to try to sell the paintings there. They showed him their mother's paintings. He told them they were not his style of painting. They decided to try Mr. Stengles' art studio. When they walked in, his secretary took them into a room to wait. They couldn't believe their eyes. There were Aunt Gerda's dolls, Hariette and Isadora. The dolls looked so sad. Mr.Stengle walked in and yelled at them to put the dolls down. As quick as they could they grabbed the dolls and ran to the bus. When they arrived at Aunt Gerdas she cried when they gave her the dolls. Mr. Stengle had stoled the dolls from Aunt Gerda's house because she had refused to sell the dolls to him. He had took the dolls and left her a red chest full of money.

I LOVED this book because I love mysteries. Also I liked the characters in the story because they were willing to take risks for their own family. My favorite character was Abby. She cared about people. From reading this book I learned that you should always be willing to help your family even if it’s the hardest thing you have ever done and hope your family is safe and sound. And that’s why I liked this book!