Mysteries of Trash and Treasure: The Stolen Key: An Edgar Award Winner for Juvenile Mystery Fiction
Colin and Nevaeh have spent the summer solving small mysteries together. When a shoebox and key arrive at Colin's home, they begin investigating the father Colin cannot remember meeting and the reasons his parents separated. Their search through storage units and along bridges uncovers secrets in Nevaeh's family too, forcing the friends to face the truth as danger draws closer.
Work Information
Could the key said to have been left by Colin's father unlock a past he has never known?
The concluding volume of the Mysteries of Trash and Treasure series follows Colin, who knows almost nothing about his father, and his resourceful friend Nevaeh as they pursue clues left in familiar places. It is a middle-grade mystery that combines questions of family with steadily mounting suspense.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Quill Tree Books
- Published
- 2024-09-10
- Pages
- 368 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 13.97 x 2.74 x 20.96 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780063089860
- ISBN-10
- 0063089866
- Price
- 3501 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Children's Books/Growing Up & Facts of Life/Difficult Discussions/Violence
New York Times bestselling author Margaret Peterson Haddix delivers the thrilling conclusion to her middle grade Mysteries of Trash and Treasure series as Colin and Nevaeh unravel their most personal mystery yet. Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Mystery! Colin has spent all summer solving mysteries with his friend Nevaeh. But they’ve only ever dealt with other people’s mysteries—ones that are safe for Colin to think about. He’s still stuck on the mystery surrounding his own father, who his mother refuses to talk about and he can’t remember meeting. Then one morning Colin finds a shoebox on his porch with a note on top: “Your father wanted you to have this.” Inside the box is a key. This new clue makes Colin even more determined to find out the truth about his dad and why his parents split up when he was a baby. Colin and Nevaeh begin investigating Colin’s father in a quest that takes them from eerie storage units to lock-lined bridges to, strangely, secrets in Nevaeh ’s family. But the closer they get to connecting the clues, the more trouble awaits them. A serious accident leaves Nevaeh’s family reeling—and Nevaeh racked with guilt. And digging into Colin’s father’s past may lead Colin and his mom into even more danger. Can Colin and Nevaeh solve the mystery before it's too late?
Margaret Peterson Haddix grew up on a farm in Ohio. She worked as a newspaper reporter and copy editor in Indiana before her first book, Running Out of Time , was published. She has since written more than fifty books for kids and teens, including the Greystone Secrets series, the Shadow Children series, the Missing series, the Mysteries of Trash and Treasure series, and many stand-alones. Her books have been honored with New York Times bestseller status, an Edgar Allan Poe award, and numerous state readers choice awards. Margaret and her husband, Doug, now live in Columbus, Ohio, where they raised their two kids. You can learn more about her at haddixbooks.com.
Reviews
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Haddix at her best
Great story with plot twists you'd never suspect.
Related Literary Awards
- Edgar Award Edition 80 (2025) ・juvenile category