Austin Cross’s Reviews > Room One: A Mystery or Two > Status Update

In just a matter of 29 pages, Clements establishes setting, character, and mystery. Plattsford, Nebraska, a failing small farm town, continues to dwindle as families are forced to move away. The school only has nine students and four of them are graduating. Ted Hammond, the only sixth grader, loves working his newspaper delivery job, working with the animals on his dad’s farm, and has a love for mystery novels.