Bibliograph

Truly Devious, Maureen Johnson

Type

Label

Truly Devious, Maureen Johnson

Language

eng

Format of music

not applicable

resource.interestAgeLevel

Adolescent

Literary text for sound recordings

fiction

Main title

Truly Devious

Music parts

not applicable

Responsibility statement

Maureen Johnson

Series statement

The Truly Devious series, book 1

Summary

Ellingham Academy is a famous private school in Vermont for the brightest thinkers, inventors, and artists. It was founded by Albert Ellingham, an early twentieth century tycoon, who wanted to make a wonderful place full of riddles, twisting pathways, and gardens. Shortly after the school opened, his wife and daughter were kidnapped. The only clue was a mocking riddle listing methods of murder, signed with the frightening pseudonym, "Truly Devious". True-crime aficionado Stevie Bell is set to begin her first year at Ellingham Academy, and she has an ambitious plan: She will solve this cold case. That is, she will solve the case when she gets a grip on her demanding new school life and her housemates: the inventor, the novelist, the actor, the artist, and the jokester. But something strange is happening. Truly Devious makes a surprise return, and death revisits Ellingham Academy..

Target audience

adolescent

Transposition and arrangement

not applicable

Classification