While on vacation at Twin Lakes Nancy meets and befriends an orphaned named Laura Pendleton. Laura is there to meet her new guardians, Mr. and Mrs. Aborn. The Aborn's seem nice enough but when they begin doing strange things like demanding Laura hand over her inherited jewelry and lock her in her room, Laura decides to run away to River Heights in the hopes that Nancy can help her. Nancy begins to investigate the Aborn's which leads her to a strange bungalow in the woods and a giant mystery.
- While in the cabin in the woods Nancy uses matches she had taken from the hotel dining table. It specifically says she took them during dinner yet after dinner she changed clothes before going to the Aborn's:
"Eagerly she reached into the pocket of her dress, recalling that at dinner she had taken a pack of matches from the hotel dining table for her souvenir collection. Good! The pack was still there!" Pg.116
"Then she changed to walking shoes, sweater, and skirt." Pg.103
"Awakening at six o'clock, Nancy put on the simple black cotton dress from her suitcase and pumps. After brushing her hair until it snapped with electricity, she was ready for supper." Pg.103
- Mr. Aborn says he's going to write and sell a story about the mystery. He declares he will donate profits from the story to Nancy's favorite charity, the River Heights Youth Center. How did he know this is Nancy's favorite charity? Although she mentions it in the book she doesn't tell Mr. Aborn that.
- After Jim and Cathy help her move the fallen tree from the road Nancy says "is Mrs. Aborn a blonde-haired woman, rather small and slightly, Cathy?". Why does she direct this question solely to Cathy? Jim knows the Aborn's too.
- I've read this book many times before and I always find it quite creepy. The way Nancy always feels, rightfully so, as though she's being watched in the woods and in the shack add such a disturbing element to it.
- I found the ending to drag out quite a bit and also found it very irresponsible of Laura to give Nancy such a personal piece of her mothers jewelry at the very end.
Like I said, I've read this many time but I think this might be my final reading.
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