LCE 6th grade Electronic Book Review

1. Student Reviewer’s Name: Olivia D.
2. Date of review of book: Feb. 24, 2008
3. Complete Book Title: Gilda Joyce: The Ladies of the Lake, A Mystery
4. Author of Book: Jennifer Allison
5. Year the book was published: 2006
6. Genre: Mystery
7. Student rating of the book (1 the highest, 5 the lowest): 1

8. Main conflict in the book: A young girl, by the name of Dolores Lambert, was drowned in a frozen lake, and Gilda Joyce has to prove why and how.

9. Setting of the book: (place and time)
It took place in present day time, in the United States, on the campus of a girls’ boarding school.

10. Main Characters and part they play in the book:
(1)Gilda Joyce: She is a teenage “psychic investigator” who solves the mystery of The Ladies of the
Lake.
(2)Dolores Lambert: The ghost lurking in the halls of the all girls private school, Our Lady of
Sorrows.

11. Are the characters believable and interesting?
The characters are believable, but very, very, suspiciously interesting and unusual.

12. One excellent direct quotation from the book: (include who said it, page number, and use
quotation marks!)
“Keep your voice down around the dead.” This was said by Ms. Underhill, a very gothic and
disturbing assistant to Mrs. McCracken, the head mistress in the Preface.

13. Good reasons to read the book:
It is really suspenseful, plus, personally, I love mystery, so this book was great for me.

14. Any reasons not to read the book?
None other than if you don’t like mystery, then don’t read it. Other than that it was fantastic.

15. Did you like this book or not? And why….
I LOVED IT!!!! First of all because I love mystery. But most importantly because it was
entertaining and fun to read.