The Peculiar Incident on Shady Street starts when seventh grader Tessa Woodward and her family move from sunny Florida to cold and wintery Chicago. Tessa is grown up enough to know that this is a dream job for her dad so she is trying to make the best of it. She is not happy about leaving her best friend Rachel, not happy about the change in climate, not happy about starting the school without knowing anyone at the school and definitely not happy about the creepy noises, flickering lights and crying ventriloquist dummy! Three new friends quickly volunteer to help Tessa figure out what is going on and slowly, the mystery unfolds.
Wow! I think Lindsay Currie may create a whole new generation of mystery/ghost story lovers with this one book! I loved the characters and totally believed that everything that was going on was the work of the long dead ghost of a six year old named Inez. Great story! No wonder its a Mark Twain nominee!
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