Tangled Webb

by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

Juniper Webb is determined to find out if the stories that her stepmother, Kelsey, has been telling about her life are really true. By the author of The Seventeenth Swap. Jr Lib Guild.

Hardcover

First published April 1, 1993

About the author

Eloise Jarvis McGraw was an author of children's books. She was awarded the Newbery Honor three times in three different decades, for her novels Moccasin Trail (1952), The Golden Goblet (1962), and The Moorchild (1997). A Really Weird Summer (1977) won an Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Mystery from the Mystery Writers of America. McGraw had a very strong interest in history, and among the many books she wrote for children are Greensleeves, Pharaoh, The Seventeenth Swap, and Mara, Daughter of the Nile.

McGraw also contributed to the Oz series started by L. Frank Baum, writing with her daughter Lauren Lynn McGraw (Wagner) Merry Go Round in Oz (the last of the Oz books issued by Baum's publisher) and The Forbidden Fountain of Oz, and later writing The Rundelstone of Oz on her own. The actual writing of the books was done entirely by Eloise; Lauren made story contributions significant enough for Eloise to assign her co-authorship credit.

She lived for many years in Portland, Oregon before dying in late 2000 of "complications of cancer".

McGraw was married to William Corbin McGraw, who died in 1999. They had two children, Peter and Lauren.

-Wikipedia

Reviews

[Josie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I must say, this was a pretty good book. I liked how the girl solved the mystery and how everything led up to the climax but afterward, there really wasn't much. No falling action really, and then it's just like: Boom, conclusion, end of book. I think after the climax wasn't quite what it could have been, but other than that, an overall satisfying read :)