Audacity Jones to the Rescue by Kirby Larson

Audie, however, has misgivings about the secretive plan and isn’t sure if she should trust the kindly, but distracted Commodore, his seemingly shady driver, or any of the other characters that figure into the situation.

President Taft is hosting a New Year’s Day event, in which the “mission” is centered. Audie, looking for adventure, volunteers with alacrity and is headed out in one of the newfangled automobiles-all the way to Washington D.C. That is, until one day a certain Commodore Crutchfield, one of the establishment’s benefactors, needs a girl for a mission. It’s a peculiar place, but to Audie, it is home. She’s not really wayward, but then none of the girls are. June Weltman is author of “Mystery of the Missing Candlestick.Audacity Jones is an 11-year-old orphan living at Miss Maisie’s School for Wayward Girls in Swayzee, Indiana. 'Audacity Jones Steals the Show' is a 2018 Nominee for both the Edgar and Agatha awards for best children's mystery. Characters and scenes project rich details of historic New York and the Hippodrome where Houdini actually performed the illusion.Īuthor Kirby Larson also wrote 'Hattie Big Sky,' a Newberry Honor Book. Witnessing the cruel treatment of a baby elephant, Audie ponders how to protect him.įast-paced and filled with light humor, the mystery resonates with friendship and the importance of kindness. Cypher starts to teach Audie to juggle because they will be performing with Houdini.Ĭharacters with names like Wylie Worme and Billy Bottle appear. A slight buzz occurs on the train to New York when a man with an imperial moustache walks by. Min, Audie's magic cat, hides in their luggage.Īudie's ear buzzes when near danger. The stories take place in the early 1900s.Ĭypher wants Audie to come with him to New York City to protect a scientist who's selling the famous magician Harry Houdini the greatest trick ever - making an elephant disappear.Īudacity convinces Cypher that Bimmy should also come. Cypher, the Secret Service agent she worked with, is now a Pinkerton detective.

Leaving on her second grand adventure and concerned they'll be upset, she inducts them into the Order of Percy by reciting: 'Things will always turn out splendid in the end, and if it's not splendid, it's not the end.'Īudie debuted in 'Audacity Jones To the Rescue' when she saved the president's niece. Audie comforted them by sharing her treasured stuffed giraffe, Percy, now in shreds. Lilac, Lavender and Violet arrived as infants. Now 11, she helps Miss Maisie run the place and takes particular care of her best friends, Bimmy, whose parents perform with a European circus, and the triplets. Ages 9-12.Īudacity (Audie) Jones, an orphan, has lived at Miss Maisie's School for Wayward Girls for five years.

Data: Scholastic Press, 192 pages, $16.99 Hardcover.

Audacity Jones to the Rescue by Kirby Larson