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Raven Hill Mysteries #7
Breaking Point
Australian, adventurous and able to do any job!
The gang are thrilled that they're helping well-known mystery writer, Abner Cain, finish his latest book. But there's a sinister mystery surrounding Mr Cain, and Liz is determined to solve it. Before she reaches breaking point ...
The gang are thrilled that they're helping well-known mystery writer, Abner Cain, finish his latest book. But there's a sinister mystery surrounding Mr Cain, and Liz is determined to solve it. Before she reaches breaking point ...
122 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1994
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Emily Rodda
297 books2,114 followersEmily Rodda (real name Jennifer Rowe) was born in Sydney, Australia and graduated from the University of Sydney in 1973 with an MA (Hons) in English Literature. Moving into a publishing career, first as a book editor, and finally as a publisher at Angus & Robertson, Rodda's first book was published in 1984.
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June 30, 2020
Teen Power Inc 4 EVA
July 19, 2025
Back on my bullshit again (reading all the Teen Power books in order)
I’ve finished the first six via audiobook and now time to get into the next 24 on my shelf
This book reminds me why I relate to Liz so much, especially in those teenage years when you don’t really know who you are and you feel like you need to be fitting into a particular box but you don’t realise that who you are is enough
I also love the very small look into the horror side of things, even in tiny fragments
How old are these kids meant to be again?
I’ve finished the first six via audiobook and now time to get into the next 24 on my shelf
This book reminds me why I relate to Liz so much, especially in those teenage years when you don’t really know who you are and you feel like you need to be fitting into a particular box but you don’t realise that who you are is enough
I also love the very small look into the horror side of things, even in tiny fragments
How old are these kids meant to be again?
January 21, 2023
Gripping. Would probably be classed as a thriller if this were written for adults.
The gang go to work for a horror author who has just moved house and broken his arm. As Liz transcribes his tape recordings while the others tidy, it seems as though the spooky house is the one writing the book, and it has sucked our six heroes into the story.
The gang go to work for a horror author who has just moved house and broken his arm. As Liz transcribes his tape recordings while the others tidy, it seems as though the spooky house is the one writing the book, and it has sucked our six heroes into the story.
November 21, 2017
This book in the series took a darker path and I was really happy with it. I like how the character of Liz has been given a goal as I too had noticed she hadn't found her secret talent yet. So I really liked this one.
August 20, 2017
A little creepy but great!
March 2, 2014
'Breaking Point' is my favourite of the Raven Hill Mysteries so far. This time, we're back to Liz as narrator. She and the Teen Power gang get a job helping horror writer Abner Cain. Cain has recently moved into a creepy old house on Craigend Road and needs help tidying his study. He's also hurt his wrist, so needs his latest book typing up before being sent off to publishers. As soon as they meet the secretive Cain, and enter his creepy old house, Liz has a bad feeling. Then, events in the house start to mirror those she reads about in Cain's latest book 'Breaking Point' as she types it up from tapes of Cain's dictating it. Something definitely isn't right.....
It was good getting back to Liz's voice again, as she's the one who was the narrating character in the first book in the series - 'The Ghost of Raven Hill'. Now that we're familiar with the other members of the gang and Teen Power has been set up, Rodda can introduce more about Liz as an individual character. We get insight into her family life as well as her personal feelings about things, and we get to see, much as with Nick in the previous book in the series, that beneath her confident attitude, she has vulnerabilites and fears. Rodda does a great job of making the Teen Power kids realistic young teenagers, prone to petty squabbles, making mistakes, and not having super-duper powers of deduction.
Great instalment. Looking forward to reading more in the series, it's just a shame that they're not easy to get over here - the first 6 I got from Audible, this one and some later ones I got/will get from Amazon sellers but a lot of them just aren't available in this country these days. Awesome series.
It was good getting back to Liz's voice again, as she's the one who was the narrating character in the first book in the series - 'The Ghost of Raven Hill'. Now that we're familiar with the other members of the gang and Teen Power has been set up, Rodda can introduce more about Liz as an individual character. We get insight into her family life as well as her personal feelings about things, and we get to see, much as with Nick in the previous book in the series, that beneath her confident attitude, she has vulnerabilites and fears. Rodda does a great job of making the Teen Power kids realistic young teenagers, prone to petty squabbles, making mistakes, and not having super-duper powers of deduction.
Great instalment. Looking forward to reading more in the series, it's just a shame that they're not easy to get over here - the first 6 I got from Audible, this one and some later ones I got/will get from Amazon sellers but a lot of them just aren't available in this country these days. Awesome series.
December 11, 2023
Yes, another skeleton, and human this time!
Murder victim in the cellar. Stephen King-esque writer, probably on meth by the sounds of it. Creepy old house, creepy old basement, creepy old man.
Stamp collecting is a bad hobby. Change my mind.
Liz is the voice I see as standard for the books. Tried to be impartial, tries to keep the gang together even though none of them seem to like each other.
Except Liz. She likes the crew, and they like her enough to stay together.
Murder victim in the cellar. Stephen King-esque writer, probably on meth by the sounds of it. Creepy old house, creepy old basement, creepy old man.
Stamp collecting is a bad hobby. Change my mind.
Liz is the voice I see as standard for the books. Tried to be impartial, tries to keep the gang together even though none of them seem to like each other.
Except Liz. She likes the crew, and they like her enough to stay together.
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January 30, 2016
Another great installment in this series from Rodda.
I found the mystery in this one to be generally creepy which is really great to find in a children's series.
I can't wait to continue on with my re-read of this great series.
I found the mystery in this one to be generally creepy which is really great to find in a children's series.
I can't wait to continue on with my re-read of this great series.
March 9, 2011
This is one of the best in the Teen Power Inc Series.
January 4, 2015
This is the best one so far it's a shame it isn't an audiobook as well
March 15, 2015
Donated to Smith Family charity March 2015
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