Project Gutenberg 2008-02-11 Public domain in the USA. 108 Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank) 1856 1919 Van Dyne, Edith Bancroft, Laura Baum, Lyman Frank Metcalf, Suzanne Akers, Floyd Cooke, John Estes Fitzgerald, Capt. Hugh Fitzgerald, Hugh Staunton, Schuyler Mary Louise Solves a Mystery Reading ease score: 80.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. E-text prepared by Michael Gray (Lost_Gamer@comcast.net) "Mary Louise Solves a Mystery" by L. Frank Baum is a fictional novel written in the early 20th century. The story introduces young Alora, who is the only child of Mrs. Antoinette Seaver Jones, as she navigates her life filled with uncertainty and tragedy following her mother's illness and eventual death. The narrative encompasses themes of family, neglect, and the quest for identity, as Alora faces the complexities of her relationship with her estranged father, Jason Jones. The beginning of the story paints a poignant picture of Alora as a fragile girl, anxiously awaiting news of her mother's condition from Dr. Anstruther. Through tender and heartbreaking exchanges, we learn of Mrs. Jones' serious illness, her past as a successful mine owner, and her complicated relationship with her husband, an artist who has fallen from grace. As Alora's mother prepares for her impending death, she is also focused on ensuring her daughter’s future is secure, leading her to summon Jason Jones for a reconciliation, setting a dramatic tone that foreshadows the challenges Alora will face in her father’s care and her struggle to find her place in the world. The opening chapters lay the groundwork for a narrative rich with emotional depth and mystery regarding Alora's fate under her father's guardianship. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Detective and mystery stories Teenage girls -- Juvenile fiction Burrows, Mary Louise (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Children's Book Series Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Fiction 306139 302272 2024-10-10T13:25:20.599860 2023-09-11T05:31:28.908392 text/html text/html 297902 2008-02-11T11:36:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 639462 2008-02-11T11:40:09 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 399106 2024-10-10T13:25:28.546833 application/epub+zip 404360 2024-10-10T13:25:23.807867 application/epub+zip 186422 2024-10-10T13:25:22.549880 application/epub+zip 604447 2024-10-10T13:25:31.943824 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 582666 2024-10-10T13:25:27.757853 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 327690 2022-09-11T10:49:55.189927 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 282584 282545 2024-10-10T13:25:19.740886 2023-09-11T05:31:28.209395 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 282458 2008-02-11T11:35:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 107904 2008-02-11T11:35:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20953 2024-10-10T13:25:32.072800 application/rdf+xml 16861 2024-10-10T13:25:23.101864 image/jpeg 4177 2024-10-10T13:25:22.826901 image/jpeg 710975 2024-10-10T13:25:20.634868 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia