Project Gutenberg 2013-02-19 Public domain in the USA. 68 North, Grace May 1876 1960 Bobs, a Girl Detective Reading ease score: 78.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. E-text prepared by Stephen Hutcheson, Rod Crawford, Dave Morgan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) "Bobs, A Girl Detective" by Carol Norton is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story introduces four sisters from the Vandergrift family who are facing a significant change in their circumstances after their father's death leaves them destitute. Roberta, affectionately known as Bobs, stands out as the adventurous and spirited protagonist, eager to take on challenges and embrace the excitement of a new life, particularly in becoming a girl detective. The opening of the novel sets the stage for the Vandergrift sisters' transition from a life of affluence to one of self-sufficiency and exploration. After discovering that their ancestral home is no longer theirs, the sisters—Gloria, Gwendolyn, Lena May, and Bobs—debate their next steps, with Gloria suggesting they move to New York and find work. Bobs, enthusiastic about the adventure, expresses her desire to be a detective. The dynamics among the sisters are explored through their dialogue, revealing their different personalities and coping mechanisms as they prepare to leave behind their old lives for something unknown, setting the tone for a story of female empowerment and resilience amidst hardship. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42133/42133-h/images/cover.jpg en Girls -- Juvenile fiction Mystery fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Fiction 306495 306335 2024-10-17T16:23:30.467585 2023-09-18T10:12:53.562676 text/html text/html 314136 2013-02-21T17:05:53 text/html 215041 2013-02-21T17:06:45 text/html application/zip 230605 2024-10-17T16:23:36.629432 application/epub+zip 241584 2024-10-17T16:23:32.389410 application/epub+zip 164352 2024-10-17T16:23:31.560530 application/epub+zip 342385 2024-10-17T16:23:39.987417 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 306829 2024-10-17T16:23:35.881434 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 229796 2022-09-19T09:18:53.363840 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 270053 269932 2024-10-17T16:23:29.700450 2023-09-18T10:12:52.910682 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 269705 2013-02-21T17:05:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 101810 2013-02-21T17:07:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20080 2024-10-17T16:23:40.121376 application/rdf+xml 15850 2024-10-17T16:23:31.649549 image/jpeg 2369 2024-10-17T16:23:31.605500 image/jpeg 215386 2024-10-17T16:23:30.502576 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 More titles under Norton, Carol en.wikipedia