writing-writer reviewed on 1/31/2011 + 46 more book reviews

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On her 14th birthday, Enola's mother disappears. Its seems she had done so on her own accord, but one can never assume. What if she was kidnapped? What if she was injured? Or what if...? Enola knows she must search for her mother in case something terrible has happened.

However, when Enola's investigating gets her nowhere, she knows she must send for her older brothers in London. She has not seen them for over 10 years, since their father's death.

Enola sends for them promptly. If anyone can help her, surely her brother Sherlock Holmes can! He is, after all, the best detective in the world! Yes, if anyone can solve the case of their missing mother, it will be him.

Enola did not take into account that her oldest brother, Mycroft, would be coming along. Feeling a sense of duty, he insists that Enola be sent to a proper boarding school. He does not care to listen to reasoning, what must be done must be done.

So Enola runs away. It seems the only sensible way to escape the horrors of a "proper" boarding schools where they will confine her to a corset.

No, Enola decides, she can try to find her mother herself, in London, where her brothers will never find her.

Again, Enola does not take into account that her older brother Sherlock is the best detective in the world... if anyone will find her, it will be him.

Nancy springer breathes new life into Doyle's old stories of daring adventures, and seemingly unsolvable mysteries. By introducing Miss Enola Holmes, the much younger sister of the great detective, she unfurls a whole new series that is sure to please.

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