Simply delightful. This is the first Enola Holmes novel I've read and it is proof that fiction for children need not be stupid, nor must it condescend to their intelligence. There is so much here that the average child would not know and yet it's not explained outright. Springer assumes, quite correctly I think, that children can and will understand words and ideas through context. En este segundo libro, Enola ya está bien establecida en una vida independiente, y me encanta todo lo que ha hecho y conseguido la joven Holmes con los recursos a su disposición. Es muy divertido ver cómo se desenvuelve entre los adultos e incluso cómo juega con ellos a su antojo, y también me gusta ver los guiños a su famoso hermano, ya no solo a través de las apariciones de este sino, por ejemplo, con todo el tema de los disfraces de los que también se sirve Enola. About the religion thing......... Can we please stop. Just.... Stop. The villain mentions "the opiod (or opium, can't remember) of the people". Some communist leader coined this phrase. It's about religion: he said religion was useful only in that it made the masses feel good. The villain then continues speeching and takes a passage out of context from - I kid you not - All Things Bright and Beautiful to accuse God of making certain people dirt poor and others filthy rich and not caring. Enola agrees with him, thinking that even evil people can be right. So yeah. God's entire character is based off of a few lines from a hymn. Enola shows herself to be an intelligent, rational, resourceful, and brave protagonist. Readers will look forward to hearing this heroine’s unique voice again.” — Publishers Weekly, starred review Nancy Springer also takes us on a tour of one of the very early versions of a ‘Department Stores’. While Enola’s experience until then is with small, individually fronted businesses, she is amazed by the sheer amount of goods and options presented by massive quantities of merchandise in just one place, but she also wonders at how it affect the people there:

PDF / EPUB File Name: The_Case_of_the_Left-Handed_Lady_-_Nancy_Springer.pdf, The_Case_of_the_Left-Handed_Lady_-_Nancy_Springer.epub I am so, so, so glad I recieved an advance reading of this collection from Andrews McMeel Publishing.This book collects the first three graphic novels of the first three original novels in this series, and I had to work out whether that was because they were wonderful, or because Netflix, or because they were, well, cheap to reprint. It took some years before these came out in the original French, so was the source that great, when they didn't seem as urgently produced as some books you'd care to think of? Well, the first story is slightly ungainly, in that it has to set the scene and build the world, and then divert to a completely different case. Enola is abandoned on her birthday by her mother, so sends for her older brothers, long absent from the household, to work out why. They fail but she still aspires to follow in their brainbox ways and solve the case for herself – all until she learns of a missing aristocratic lad, that is. Oh Enola!! She has grown so considerably as a character. She is brave, sharp and fierce. My favorite part of this book has to be the cat and mouse chase between the siblings. And oh how they both are trying to outsmart each other is so entertaining. The historical setting with the social structure captures very well the essence of Victorian London. And I cheer for Enola on keeping up the feminist spirit and being set to choose her own path. Loved the clever disguises she pulled and how easily she moulded into any character. urn:lcp:caseoflefthanded0000spri:epub:52f177f3-7d23-4109-842e-ac02cf896708 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier caseoflefthanded0000spri Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t3mx2n28w Invoice 1652 Isbn 9780142411902 Had God decreed that three quarters of the populace shall live and labour in bone-skewing mind-stunting poverty, while a favoured few shall occupy their days by having their servants assist them in five changes of clothing?

At the end of each of the stories, there are excerpts of Enola’s secret notebook. This makes for an interesting addition as it reveals Enola’s thoughts and modi operandi through her doodles. Empowered, capable, and smart . . . [with] an impactful message that you can do anything if you set your mind to it.”- -Millie Bobby Brown, Stranger Things The author does tell us a little bit more about Lady Eudoria Holmes‘ character here with snippets here and there commenting on her love for freedom and suffragette movements as well women’s rights. But these ideas were still mostly ideas and reality was very different. We see how children in this world could work but had no real rights: If you love to listen to the book review over reading, or if you want to go through it while doing other activity, here is our Podcast of this review article. Do listen, and share your thoughts with us. In spite of the realistic view of the era as shared above, the author does not shirk away from featuring some ghastly and otherwordly stuff similar to the narratives of the Holmes adventures, e.g. the references to Mesmerism which is kind of hypnotising someone to get them do your evil biddings, or the Dr. Jekyll vs Mr. Hyde personality transformation of the villain who turns into a monster with a wig :).

Speaking of, I don't know if these are considered MG or YA, but I think they would work for either group. The length is just right for younger middle-grade readers. So we finally meet John Watson. Bring out the party hats, y'all, it's my favourite character!!!! Except now he's sexist. Yep. For some reason, Nancy Springer has completely overlooked all the times canon Watson has called Holmes' opinions on women out. I guess all men in this version of history are sexists (no really, there isn't an unsexist man to be found in this book) Esta segunda parte de Enola Holmes no se me ha hecho tan emocionante como la primera, pues el misterio me ha parecido un poco extraño, pero aun así sigue contando con unos personajes, y una protagonista, que resultan cautivadores, y la ambientación es de lo más interesante.