Review: A Matter of Justice – Steve Alcorn
Paperback: 164 pages Publisher: Mundania Press LLC; 1st Hardcover Ed edition (July 14, 2003) Language: English ISBN-10: 1594260036 ISBN-13: 978-1594260032 |
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Characters:
Dani Deucer
Mott Simon
An abusive man in a small town is murdered. 12 year old Dani Deucer and her family are spending their time their on vacation. she becomes convinced that Mott, the man accused, is innocent. She has always been fascinated with the novel To Kill a Mockingbird and the way it deals with justice. She fancies herself a detective, and even orders a book in the mail on how to be a detective.
The story follows her around as she questions people, looks at the scene, and ultimately determines whether Mott truly killed the man. Along the way she and the reader learns a lesson in not judging others based on outward appearances.
I liked the story. It reminded me in a lot of ways of the Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew mysteries from my youth. I was able to be taught a bit by Mr. Acorn in a class he wrote on mysteries, and it was interesting to see how the stuff he taught was played out in practice.
I think this book would be appropriate for almost any age group. While the subject matter might be a little strong for pre-teen readers, there’s nothing very graphic about the murder itself, or the abuse. If you want to introduce your young ones to mysteries, then I think this would be a good choice.
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July 26th, 2011 at 6:58 pm
This sounds pretty good in a Nancy Drew kinda way. You think I’d like it?
July 26th, 2011 at 7:00 pm
Yeah, I think you probably would. I liked it, and I’m almost as old as you are. It’s a fast to read book. If you have an e-reader it’s only about $3-4 also.
July 26th, 2011 at 7:01 pm
Well I will have to get it then. And I believe you are about 6 months older than me old man. lol
July 26th, 2011 at 7:26 pm
I love Nancy Drew…I had all the books at one time. I am going to collect them again for Micayla. I love Trixie Belden series too!
July 26th, 2011 at 7:32 pm
Michelle, if you order from B&N or Amazon and can go through the links I had, I get a small bit of the sale.
July 26th, 2011 at 7:35 pm
Stephanie, I think this would probably be good for Micayla’s age, though it does involve a murder, where none of the Nancy Drew did I think.
July 26th, 2011 at 8:02 pm
No…though there was some kidnapping in them.