Dead Letter
Betsy Cromer Byars
Library Binding
(Paw Prints, Aug. 11, 2008)
hen Herculeah discovers a mysterious letter inside the lining of a secondhand coat, she suspects it's a desperate cry for help. If so, what happened to the person who wrote it? Herculeah thinks she knows the answer. What she doesn't know is that someone is watching her--someone who will do anything to keep her quiet. Byars is in top form, providing cliffhanger after cliffhangerin this well-crafted thriller fraught with danger and true villains. --School Library Journal
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