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Title	:	Whistling In the Dark
Author	:	Lesley Kagen
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 298 pages
Published	:	May 1st 2007 by Berkley Books
Categories	:	Fiction. Mystery. Historical. Historical Fiction. Young Adult. Coming Of Age. Book Club. Adult Fiction. Suspense

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A MIDWESTERN BOOKSELLERS CHOICE AWARD WINNER AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NOW IN ITS 18th PRINTING! It was the summer on Vliet Street when we all started locking our doors... Sally O'Malley made a promise to her daddy before he died. She swore she'd look after her sister, Troo. Keep her safe. But like her Granny always said-actions speak louder than words. Now, during the summer of 1959, the girls' mother is hospitalized, their stepfather has abandoned them for a six pack, and their big sister, Nell, is too busy making out with her boyfriend to notice that Sally and Troo are on the Loose. And so is a murderer and molester. Highly imaginative Sally is pretty sure of two things. Who the killer is. And that she's next on his list. Now she has no choice but to protect herself and Troo as best she can, relying on her own courage and the kindness of her neighbors.

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Original Title:	Whistling In the Dark
ISBN:	0451221230 (ISBN13: 9780451221230)
Edition Language:	English

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I suspect that Sally O'Malley, the spirited 10-year-old narrator of "Whistling in the Dark," grew up to be Stephanie Plum. With delightful imagination and innocence (OK, the comparison to SP breaks down on the innocence factor), she doggedly follows clues to the identity of the "murderer and molester." Again and again. Although the story unfolds during a short 6-week span, it is coming-of-age in its best sense. The late 50's in Sally's corner of Milwaukee feels happily nostalgic: making lanyards

Nothing else hurts worse in the world as much as tears for the missing. Ignoring the multiple new books and ARCs that I have to get to, I just craved a re-read of this book. Sally O'Malley and her sister Margaret(Troo) O'Malley are two tough little girls living in a Milwaukee neighbourhood in 1959. Still reeling from the loss of their father, the girls are worried about their mother who lies in a hospital battling a staph infection. Their older sister, Nell is more interested in her boyfriend,

Enjoyed the location and era of this novel as well as the big mystery. I wish a younger sounding woman narrated the audiobook. At times it felt like a gossipy naggy woman was telling the story instead of a 10 year old girl.

Set in the summer of 1959 and narrated by 10 year old Sally, this is the story of her growing up over the course of one summer. Her mother is in the hospital, her stepfather is lost in his booze, her older sister is occupied with other things, all of them leaving Sally and her sister Troo to roam the streets unattended. There has been a molestation and murder in their town and Sally is determined she knows who it is. A summer full of secrets, truths, maturing, nostalgia, neighborly kindness, and

I had to check several times to make sure that Sally was indeed 10 yrs old and Troo, even younger. The author tried too hard to make the narrator sound like a 10 yr old at times yet at other times the thinking, language, and experiences were of a much older girl. No way was Troo believable as a 9 yr old. Matter of fact most of the story was simply implausible. Even though the book was under 300 pages it felt much longer. The story was so slow at times that I had to fight the urge to skim just to

It felt like the author looked up every "written-by-spunky-child" cliche since To Kill a Mockingbird and slapped them into this book. No surprises, in plot or characterization. I've read this story, met these kids, in better literary form, many times.The voice, at it's best, was similar to "A Girl Named Zippy" a book which truly was funny and sweet because it was real and unassuming. Contrarily, I felt like the author, in this book, was giving space for me to warmly chuckle or go "awwww" after

Sally O'Mally has a big imagination, but she's not entirely wrong. Someone is murdering & molesting the little girls in her neighborhood, and someone is watching her. Are they the same person? Read the book, and find out.I enjoyed this book, and read it all in one sitting , but there were some things that confused me. Little details, like ages: how old are Sally, and her sisters? There are hints given, but never a definite age, and that bothered me. We never know for sure what city the novel