Audacity Jones to the Rescue by Kirby Larson

Besides the buzzing in her left ear, a predictor of usually bad news, is up at full volume. Fueled by her constant reading and longing for adventure, Audacity agrees to go on this secret mission with the Commodore. As Audacity's arch nemesis Divinity is so quick to point out, she, Audacity, is the only true orphan at the school. He is in need of a girl, specifically an orphan. Her time this evening though is cut short by an unexpected visitor.Ĭommodore Crutchfield, a routine benefactor of the school, has arrived. She is frequently visited by a wayward cat, Miniver, with an uncanny amount of intelligence. Audacity, like a particular rabbit begging not to be thrown into a briar patch, rather likes learning as much as she can. It's a magnificent library with books gathered by the late Mr. If they only knew what is within those four walls. In fact no one has ever been there and most certainly not with the regularity which seems to plague Audacity. To be sent to the Punishment Room is the worst sort of discipline any of the seventeen girls residing in this home can imagine. To her good friends, the triplets, Lilac, Lavender and Violet, and Bimmy, Audacity's fate on this holiday eve is upsetting at the very least. Miss Maisie's barley-water breath traveled the length of the scarred mahogany table, arriving well before her reprimand. If you are a reader whose knees wobble at the mere mention of adventure, danger and derring-do, close these covers immediately and select a tome more to your liking.Īudacity Jones has once again devoured every sprig of burned broccoli, even though clean plates simply were not tolerated at Miss Maisie's School for Wayward Girls. Audacity Jones' predictable life at Miss Maisie's School for Wayward Girls in Swayzee, Indiana is about to change on this Christmas Eve. Audacity Jones To The Rescue ( Scholastic Press, January 26, 2016) written by Newbery Honor award winner Kirby Larson introduces readers to an eleven year old who more than lives up to her name. When you have the opportunity to read a book with threads of history and mystery liberally woven into the fabric of a classic adventure, you can expect to have a page-turner on your hands. Thankfully there will always be stories within stories. The tree, in which it takes sanctuary, now more than fifty feet tall, was planted decades ago by a little boy in memory of a beloved pet. The bird, a crow, upon further inspection is being chased by a bunch of smaller birds, probably for doing something pesky. If we take any given scene revealed by a glance out the window of our home, a look across our yard at an unusual bird squawk, or a peek at people walking down the street when we are stopped at a light, we can expect there to be more beneath the surface.

Every snapshot of life is composed of layers.

Audacity Jones to the Rescue by Kirby Larson