The Huffman family lives a respectable life in 1849 London. The father, Wesley John Louis Huffman, works for the Naval Ordinance department as a clerk and earns 100 pounds a year. Mr. Huffman thinks of himself as an actor on the world’s stage. One day, fourteen-year-old John Huffman’s entire world turns upside down. The family’s…
Fifth-grader Cam Jansen’s photographic memory helps her solve mysteries. When she wants to remember something, she focuses on the object or scene, closes her eyes, and says “click.” This is how Jennifer Jansen got the nickname, Cam, which is short for camera. Cam works with her best friend and detective assistant, Eric Shelton. There are…
Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, an eccentric old woman who sits in her mansion researching anything that peaks her interest, writes about Claudia and Jamie Kincaid’s adventure in a letter to her solicitor, Saxonberg, who just happens to be Claudia and Jamie’s grandfather. Mrs. Frankweiler tells their story just as they told it to her. …
