Out of the Ashes: A Shelby Belgarden Mystery (A Shelby Belgaren Mystery)

shelby Belgarden Isn't Exactly Thrilled When People Start Thinking Greg Is Her Boyfriend. After All, She's More Interested In The Athletic Nick Jarvis. But One Day Greg Suddenly Becomes More Interesting To Shelby - Though For All The Wrong Reasons: Shelby Begins To Suspect That Greg Is Responsible For The Series Of Arsons That Have Occurred In Her Small New Brunswick Town In Recent Weeks. After Finding Out That Greg And His Father Had Moved To This Town After Their Old Home Burnt Down - With Greg's Mother Inside - Shelby Finds Greg's Gasoline-soaked Mitten Near The Scene Of The Latest Arson. Shelby Launches Her Own Investigation Into The Crimes. As She Does, She Becomes Aware That Whoever Is Responsible May Have Been A Victim Of Sexual Abuse. anna Yu (a.k.a. Anna Banana), Teen Reviewer - Voya shelby Belgarden Is The New Nancy Drew For Budding Mystery Readers. She Is Likeable And Realistic As She Makes Human Mistakes, But She Is Also Quick To Forgive And Forget. The Other Characters Are Also Likeable, Although Some, Such As Shelby's Best Friend, Betts, Seem Too Static And Limited In Personality Traits. Minor Plot Contrivances Aside, The Stories Are Fast Paced And Suspenseful. Voya Codes: 3q 3p M J S (readable Without Serious Defects; Will Appeal With Pushing; Middle School, Defined As Grades 6 To 8; Junior High, Defined As Grades 7 To 9; Senior High, Defined As Grades 10 To 12). 2002, Dundurn Press, 216p., Trade Pb. Ages 11 To 18. Shelby is a grade ten student is a small Canadian community which is being terrorised by an arsonist. Shelby sets out to discover the identity of the arsonist and discovers that it is not Greg, the new boy in town who is being blamed "In this first book in a new series, an aspiring sleuth must sift through rumours, red herrings and suspicions of sexual abuse to track down an arsonist" Cf. Our choice, 2003