An Exciting Mystery

TITLE: The Puzzle of the Paper Daughter

AUTHOR: Kathryn Reiss

COPYRIGHT: 2010

ORIGINAL PUBLISHER: American Girl Publishing, Inc.

NUMBER OF PAGES: 173

PLOTLINE: Julie Albright finds a paper in an old red jacket that has a lot of Chinese writing on it. She takes it to her best friend, Ivy Ling, whose Chinese teacher can help her translate the message.

The paper leads to the discovery of a woman named Mei Meng, who used to be Ivy’s grandmother’s friend. What’s more, Julie and Ivy believe that Mei still has a doll that might contain a valuable jade necklace.

But someone is on Julie’s trail, trying to find out about the treasure himself . . . and that someone may just find the necklace first! Can Julie and Ivy untangle the many clues to the mystery before things get dangerous?

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“ ‘Uh, no. I’m trying to find an old friend of my friend’s grandmother.’ Julie winced. That sounded so complicated.” - The Puzzle of the Paper Daughter