The Missing Locket (Cynthia's Attic, Book 1) (Cynthia's Attic)

By Mary Cunningham

Book Overview

Magical costumes, disappearing stairs and a spooky attic filled with dusty antiques what more could two, adventurous, young girls ask for? Best friends, Cynthia and Gus as she prefers to be called, are as 'different as bubble gum and broccoli.' They are, however, equal in their ability to get into trouble without much effort. In trying to escape the boring summer of 1964, the adventurous twelve-year-old girls stumble upon a trunk in Cynthia's attic that has been in her family for three generations. They discover its mystical qualities when they are swept into the trunk and whisked back to 1914, literally into the lives of their twelve-year-old grandmothers, Clara and Bess. The mystery of a missing family locket is revealed. Their quest takes numerous twists and turns, including a life-and-death struggle on a large steamship traveling from England to America. Along with perilous escapades, they make important, sometimes humorous discoveries about their ancestors, and even manage to change history...for the better...along the way. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1590804414
• ISBN13: 9781590804414
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Echelon Press Publishing
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 10 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 5 and higher

Customer Reviews

The first in the Cynthia's Attic Series...

Brimming with humor and suspense, this delightful book is sure to become an all-time favorite of young readers. The first in the series, the scene is set during 1964 in Southern Indiana, where Gus and Cynthia, 12-year-old best friends, stumble upon a magic trunk. The time-travel adventures they share include meeting their grandmothers...in 1914 when THEY were 12 years old. This is one spirited story!

Delightful

The Missing Locket reaches out to young readers and pulls them into a story overflowing with excitement, adventures and laugh out loud dialogue. Set in 1964, best friends, Cynthia and Augusta, are suffering from a bad case of summer-time boredom. Cynthia's family lives in a mansion of a house, three floors filled with so many rooms just waiting to be explored. After overhearing her parents plans to clean out the attic, the...

Mystery entwined with history - a suspenseful, humerous teen time travel adventure

Mary Cunningham's novel, Cynthia's Attic: The Missing Locket, tells the story of two twelve-year-old girls, Cynthia and Gus, best friends, who embark on a startling supernatural adventure as a magical trunk in Cynthia's attic propels them fifty years into the past where they encounter their grandmothers when they were twelve year old best friends. Core values of family, friendship, loyalty and love pervade this rapid fire...

fantastic time travel fantasy

In 1964 Cynthia and Augusta are best friends though they are total opposites. Whereas Cynthia hates to break a nail Gus is a tomboy willing to slide in third base head first. School is out for summer so the pals wonder how to spend all their free time besides irritating Cynthia's older sister Danielle. They decide to check out CYNTHIA'S ATTIC before her parents clean it out as the adults plan on doing shortly. In the attic...

Nancy Drew Meets Harry Potter! What Captivating Adventures These Two Girls Undertake!

If adventure is what you seek, come join hands and form a link. Follow this curious trio, as they search through the attic - dust bunnies, cobwebs and all. Watch your step and be prepared, because hidden treasures are everywhere! Two twelve-year-old best friends, Gus and Cynthia, have decided to snoop in Cynthia's parents' attic. It is upon finding an old trunk and its contents that the adventures will be unlocked, and...