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The mansionof secrets

by Frances K. Judd

What is going on inside the spooky old Greely mansion? Peering into the deserted house, Kay Tracey sees a mysterious figure prying open the seventh step of the spiral staircase. Startled, the intruder flees through the dark halls and gets away. Kay, sixteen-year-old girl detective, has for the moment lost the prowler, but she finds herself head over heels in another baffling mystery. The chase is on! What is hidden in the seventh step? The question sets Kay's sleuthing brain into high gear. Kay's cousin Bill, a young lawyer, becomes involved in the strange doings when he tries to sell the Greely estate. Even Kay's jealous schoolmate, Ethel Eaton, sees a chance to get even with Kay, with a scheme that ultimately backfires. Not until Kay and her friends Betty and Wilma Worth uncover a strange clue do they get to the bottom of the exciting mystery.

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?