The Callender Papers

By Cynthia Voigt

Book Overview

Think carefully... That's the advice Jean Wainwright always gets from her beloved Aunt Constance, Jean's guardian and headmistress at the boarding school where she lives. It's advice that proves valuable when Jean finds herself spending the summer far from home, sorting out family papers for the reclusive Mr. Thiel, a trustee of Aunt Constance's school and the widower of her childhood friend Irene Callender. At Mr. Thiel's isolated country estate, Jean is surrounded by bewildering questions from the past. Why is there such hatred between Mr. Thiel and his late wife's brother? Was her death an accident? And what happened to their child, who disappeared after Irene Thiel's death? Do the answers lie in the Callender papers? And will searching for the answers put Jean's own life in jeopardy?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689832834
• ISBN13: 9780689832833
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Great Mystery and Suspense

I thought this book was very exciting. There are lots of twists and turns. I couldn't put this book down. I couldn't wait to find out what happened at the end.

the absoulute best mystery

I got in so much trouble staying up reading this book.The Callender Papers is a one of a kind, fascinating,extrodinary mystery. When I got to the end of the book my suspicions seemed so stupid.And one thing roamed in my head "Why hadn't I thought of that!"

A surprising mystery awaits

The Callender Papers is a suspense filled book for all ages. Jean goes to help Mr.Thiel with family papers. While sorting the papers she finds out mysterious news that will endanger her life. This book will hold your attention all the way to the very end. I recommend this book to all mystery lovers.

Callendar Papers

Jane lives with a friend of her dead mother. She is an orphan. Mr.Thiel, a man who donates money to the school, and Jane believes he is in love with Aunt Constance (her mother's friend), sends for a young girl to sort through the papers of his late wife's family, and requests that Jane be sent. Jane, of course, goes. As she sorts through the family papers, she learns more about their deadly past, and finds herself in more danger, the more she learns of them. With a shocking ending, it is a must for all people who love surprises, and a good book!

A gripping mystery that you can't put down!

'The Callender Papers" begins like many other Cynthia Voigt books. But as you read on in the story, it gets so interesting that you can't put it down. This book is the winner of the Edgar Allen Poe Award, which it definitely deserves. I would would suggest that this book is for ages twelve and up. Cynthia Voigt has written many other good books such as 'Homecoming', 'A Solitary Blue', 'Dicey's Song', 'Come a Stranger', and 'Bad Girls'. If you would like to read a gripping mystery for young adults, get this book today!For more book recommendations, e-mail me at Klaptrap3@aol.com