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Whistling In the Dark

Lesley Kagen

Paperback | Pages: 298 pages

Rating: 3.87 | 10786 Users | 1340 Reviews

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Original Title:	Whistling In the Dark
ISBN:	0451221230 (ISBN13: 9780451221230)
Edition Language:	English

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A MIDWESTERN BOOKSELLERS CHOICE AWARD WINNER AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NOW IN ITS 18th PRINTING!

It was the summer on Vliet Street when we all started locking our doors...

Sally O'Malley made a promise to her daddy before he died. She swore she'd look after her sister, Troo. Keep her safe. But like her Granny always said-actions speak louder than words. Now, during the summer of 1959, the girls' mother is hospitalized, their stepfather has abandoned them for a six pack, and their big sister, Nell, is too busy making out with her boyfriend to notice that Sally and Troo are on the Loose. And so is a murderer and molester.

Highly imaginative Sally is pretty sure of two things. Who the killer is. And that she's next on his list. Now she has no choice but to protect herself and Troo as best she can, relying on her own courage and the kindness of her neighbors.

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Title	:	Whistling In the Dark
Author	:	Lesley Kagen
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 298 pages
Published	:	May 1st 2007 by Berkley Books
Categories	:	Fiction. Mystery. Historical. Historical Fiction. Young Adult. Coming Of Age. Book Club. Adult Fiction. Suspense

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Ratings: 3.87 From 10786 Users | 1340 Reviews

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This is a Reader's Choice book featured in the Salt Lake County Library System - that's why I picked it up. They are usually good reads. This one was a disappointment to me. It's the story about two sisters in 1959, aged 9 and 10, left pretty much to their own devices one summer because of their mom's hospitalization, a dysfunctional step-dad, and an older sister who is wrapped up in her boyfriend. I loved the character, Sally - the older of the two girls. I loved her thought processes and her

Well, hmmmmm.. This was a love/hate teeter-totter sort of book, for me. Some elements were reasonably believable and engaging, but not evenhandedly across the board nor with any sort of consistency. Portions of the story touched me deeply and drew me in emotionally; yet other segments left me feeling detached and/or disenchanted. I couldnt rectify the ages of the two younger sisters (Sal and Troo) with their actions especially not for the era. And quite a few people, places, and scenes felt

I have only one word to describe Whistling in the Dark........and that is WOW!!!! I had never read any of Lesley Kagens books before and just happened to find a copy of this book...I loved this book so much, the first thing I did when I was done with it, was to go to Amazon.com and order all Lesley Kagen's other books! This is a coming of age book about two little girls who are on their own because their mother is hospitalized...their stepfather is an uncaring drunk and their older sister is in

I suspect that Sally O'Malley, the spirited 10-year-old narrator of "Whistling in the Dark," grew up to be Stephanie Plum. With delightful imagination and innocence (OK, the comparison to SP breaks down on the innocence factor), she doggedly follows clues to the identity of the "murderer and molester." Again and again. Although the story unfolds during a short 6-week span, it is coming-of-age in its best sense. The late 50's in Sally's corner of Milwaukee feels happily nostalgic: making lanyards

Sally O'Malley knows what's really going on. At least, she knows more than any of the adults in her life would believe possible. It is 1959, and Sally is missing her father, who recently died in a car accident which occurred in the company of Sally's uncle and her little sister Troo. Sally made some promises to her father before he died, and the most important is that she would look after her sister. Sally, who is delightfully earnest, has every intention of following through to the letter. In



Set in the summer of 1959 and narrated by 10 year old Sally, this is the story of her growing up over the course of one summer. Her mother is in the hospital, her stepfather is lost in his booze, her older sister is occupied with other things, all of them leaving Sally and her sister Troo to roam the streets unattended. There has been a molestation and murder in their town and Sally is determined she knows who it is. A summer full of secrets, truths, maturing, nostalgia, neighborly kindness, and