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Title	:	Mystery of the Haunted Pool
Author	:	Phyllis A. Whitney
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 224 pages
Published	:	April 28th 1970 by Westminster John Knox Press (first published 1960)
Categories	:	Mystery. Young Adult. Childrens

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A pleasant enough mystery from 1960. Susan (who is about 12, not the teenager depicted on the cover) arrives at a small town on the Hudson river, to stay with an aunt, and over the course of the summer, puzzles out a local seafaring family's secret. The story I found unremarkable, although I probably would have enjoyed it had I come across it as a child. What I did like was the local color of the Hudson Highlands setting. The author explains in an afterword that she based her fictional town on Fort Montgomery, which is near Bear Mountain. After reading the book I went on a virtual tour of "Highland Crossing" (thank you google earth), and saw that the "Old Oak," which in the story is an antique store run Susan's aunt, still stands, but now looks like it's a restaurant of the same name. Even better, the literal old oak tree is still there as well. However, the white towered firehouse in a converted school building seems to have bitten the dust. It would be nice to know if the Teague mansion was also based on a real house, but I didn't spot any likely candidates.

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Original Title:	Mystery of the Haunted Pool
ISBN:	0664322417 (ISBN13: 9780664322410)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Edgar Award for Best Juvenile (1961), Oklahoma Sequoyah Award (1963)

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Cute quick tween read. The mystery is entertaining without being a murder mysteryAuryns review:my favorite part was when the wooden person was reuturned to the rightful owner. My least favorite part was when the house that the wooden person was in burned a bit.

A pleasant enough mystery from 1960. Susan (who is about 12, not the teenager depicted on the cover) arrives at a small town on the Hudson river, to stay with an aunt, and over the course of the summer, puzzles out a local seafaring family's secret. The story I found unremarkable, although I probably would have enjoyed it had I come across it as a child. What I did like was the local color of the Hudson Highlands setting. The author explains in an afterword that she based her fictional town on

This was adorable. Obviously a kid's book, but my mom grew up across the street from the Old Oak in Fort Montgomery (the inspiration for Highland Crossing), so it was a lot of fun to read and be able to perfectly imagine the setting. Super cute little story.

It is often fun to return to books enjoyed as a young reader, though the novels do not necessarily stand up to modern-day scrutiny. I found re-reading this Phyllis Whitney a pleasure. Though parts of the tale were a bit quaint for modern readers, Whitney's description, character development, nods to other authors and general cultural information hold up very well. Despite being labeled a "junior" novel, we had a lively discussion in our mystery group. Young adult literature continues to evolve

Phyllis Ayame Whitney (1903 2008) was an American mystery writer. Rare for her genre, she wrote mysteries for both the juvenile and the adult markets, many of which feature exotic locations. A review in The New York Times once dubbed her "The Queen of the American Gothics".She was born in Japan to American parents and spent her early years in Asia. Whitney wrote more than seventy novels. In 1961,

I read this because the author passed away a few months ago, and this book had won the Edgar Allan Poe award - in 1961! It is the sort of book where girls where white gloves, straw hats, and petticoats, men fight fires while women go to the firehouse to prepare coffee and sandwiches, and people have a "casserole concoction" for dinner. A much simpler time!

Susan Price leaves New York City at the beginning of summer vacation and journeys up the Hudson River to the little town of Highland Crossing owns an antique shop. Susan's father is ill and need of a country home to recuperate and her Aunt Edith has been trying to convince Captain Dan Teague to let her and the Price family move into his big house. Captain Dan is in need of money, but he and his grandson are reluctant to lose the family home. It's hoped that Captain Dan will take a liking to