The Cold, Cold Shoulder

by Anne E. Schraff

Even struggling readers will find it hard to resist our exciting series of audiobooks in a variety of popular genres. These stories deal with mature themes involving culturally diverse characters. Written specifically for the struggling reader, these fast-paced books maintain student interest until the last page. Questions at the end of each title test students' strategy skills, vocabulary, and comprehension. Freddy Paine has disappeared! Suspecting foul play, two of his roommates begin to investigate. Why will no one help them? The manager of their boarding house brushes off the boys' questions. Other just seem disinterested, until they find the body!

Audiobook

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

Anne Elaine Schraff grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. She received both her bachelor's and master's degrees from California State University at Northridge and taught high school for ten years.

Anne paid her way through college by writing short stories for magazines. Since college she has written hundreds of stories and over eighty books including historical fiction, biographies, science books, and her favorite, fictional books for young people. She is published as both Anne Schraff and Anne E. Schraff.

Her background, which she describes as "multicultural, lower middle-class neighborhood, including African Americans, Mexican Americans, Arab Americans, and Filipino Americans," is her greatest inspiration when writing.

Reviews

[Kat Ice · Rating 3 out of 5]

this was one of those super small thrilled books. it was cute and I liked where it went. I will say that there was hardly any detail in it and it went by super quick. still a good read. will look for some others like this!

[Courtney · Rating 3 out of 5]

Okay hi/lo read.

[Cristian · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was surpriced at the end of the story when everyone thought their must be one or two people in the story who killed the guy. The author fooled me by reveiling the killer in the end of the book, I thought it was someone else.

It was sad at the end of the story his friend has died.

[Billy Huettner · Rating 4 out of 5]

The cold, cold shoulder is a suspense mystery. The boy is missing and they try to figure it out him. I liked the book because it was suspenseful and exciting.

The author fooled me, I didn;t know who the bad person was until the end of the book.

[Haille · Rating 2 out of 5]

it was ok... but i did not like it I was able to figure out the myster. Yhe author didn' fool me!
and it was a sad story because someone got arested.

[Aine Bruen · Rating 3 out of 5]

i like it because it is exciting and sad too. My favorite part is when he goes out on a date with Ashley. I didn't know who killed Freddy Pain, the ending was shocking!

[Josue]

I was fooled the whole time. It was a good mistery book but the end needed more suspence.i would recomend this to any one hew likes mistery.

[Tysne · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought the book was a really shocking book because it is a very suspencefully book one of the best I ever read it was very sad and exciting. I wish they made a movie.