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Bitsy & the Mystery at Amelia Island (Bitsy Burroughs Mysteries)
by Vonda Skinner Skelton
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Overmountain Press (2005-07-01)
ISBN: 1570723079
EAN: 9781570723070
Paperback: 183 pages
Reading Level: Young Adult
SKU: M130997
Condition: Very Good
Comments: 1570723079 Book free of markings. Cover shows very light wear. Interior evidences little to no use, spine is uncreased & is straight, pages clean; overall, a very pretty copy. Your book will be carefully protected for transit in sturdy, weather-resistant packaging. We are prompt, efficient, communicative.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Twelve-year-old Bitsy Burroughs has vowed to cause no more calamities, but when a bully pushes her too far Bitsy's promise of peace comes to an end. With a deflated ego, the courageous heroine must stand up to a bully, a witch, and a ghost to discover the dark secrets of a nearby abandoned house.
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Customer Reviews
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Delightful story for pre-teens
Rating  (5)
Date: 2006-01-04
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
Author Vonda Skinner Skelton doesn't just know how to relate to kids-she remembers what it's like to be one! Bitsy & the Mystery at Amelia Island is a delightful story for pre-teens that will carry them through from start to finish, while subtly instilling the positive message that life is about more than money or looks. As Bitsy visits her friends on Amelia Island, she learns about looking beneath a person's gruff exterior and finding a wounded heart longing for companionship. Even as the entrepreneurial twelve-year-old tomboy fails in a business venture and comes out on the losing end of a fist fight with the town bully, Bitsy's adventures lead to an entirely new understanding of what it means to "enjoy being a girl." Despite talking birds, retired police dogs, and goose-bump raising tales of ghosts and witches, Bitsy, with the help of her friends, manages to unravel a mystery and, in the process, discovers some life-changing secrets about herself.
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BITSY -- The Next Generation Boxcar Child
Rating (5)
Date: 2005-11-27
Gertrude Warner's "Boxcar Children" series set a standard for children's literature -- virtuous, hard-working poor kids who triumphed over adversity through courage and hard work. The "Bitsy" mystery series is a worhty successor to "The Boxcar Children".
In this one, Bitsy is vacationing with a friend at Amelia Island, and she's up to her neck in grief. She has to survive a small business disaster, bust a ghost, catch a thief, unhaunt a house AND raise money to turn it into a community center, save her friend from the neighborhood bully (AND match him punch for punch AND reform him), escape from a witch, raise enough money to go to camp, win the talent show -- with a few more adventures along the way.
Librarians need to mark down Vonda Skelton as a "Must Have"; parents and grandparents can confidently make her the Christmas book selection to the young mystery lovers in their lives (boy and girl -- Bitsy is tough!).
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Bitsy Rocks!
Rating (5)
Date: 2005-09-23
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
Bitsy and the Mystery at Amelia Island is a delightful book, with a compelling plot and well-drawn characters. I enjoyed reading it as much as my two daughters did. We love Bitsy, as she's the perfect mix of imperfection, gutsiness, and goodness. Something about her just makes you root for her--every misguided step of the way.
Very enjoyable. Highly recommended.
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Even Better Than The First
Rating (5)
Date: 2005-09-06
Kudos to Vonda Skelton. Her second book in the Bitsy series is even better than the first! Young readers will clamor to get their hands on a copy and won't be able to put it down as they join Bitsy on a wonderful adventure. An enjoyable series for young readers.
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Bitsy's second adventure review
Rating  (4)
Date: 2005-09-05
I think Vonda has done a wonderful job with Bitsy, a fiesty 13-year-old girl, who can stick with the best of the best. Bitsy isn't afraid of anything. Bitsy shares here adventure with her friends who had moved to Amelia Island and get into a bit of trouble on the way. She and her friends befriend the bully and his twin sister and the group of five come to believe a ghost is haunting the home of a man who just recently died. Bitsy and her friends have a wonderful adventure. Very good story. I recommend reading this story if you like fun adventures and mysteries.
Well done, Ms. Vonda.
Elizabeth & Hailie
Honea Path, SC
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