Praise. Enola used to do whatever she pleases, she lived outside of her time. The main push of the storyline is taken up by the disappearance of our girl's mother, who vanishes so completely even Sherlock is at a loss. Having decided to hoard the latest escapades of Flavia De Luce for hopefully better days ahead I cast my nets and twitched my literary feelers seeking a palatable substitute. I loved this series when I was younger, and I really enjoyed meeting up with Enola again. SPOILER ALERT: Things you might want to know before suggesting this to your kid, Q&A with Zack Loran Clark and Nick Eliopulos, authors of The Adventurers Guild, Cover Reveal of Sally Slick and the Steel Syndicate, Why I Won’t Let My Kid Read the Twilight Series, Why You Should Read Aloud to Your Independent Reader, Favorite Self-Pub and Small Press Books 2012, Favorite Books I Read and Reviewed in 2012, Q&A with Zack Loran Clark and Nick Eliopulos, Authors of The Adventurers Guild, Talking About...Twelve Dancing Princesses, Why I Won't Let My Kid Read the Twilight Series, From Sketch to Chapter Art, an Illustrator at Work, The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter. The debates go on. Blog. I'm excited to continue the series. It's been a while since I dipped my toes in the YA sea. Nov 08, 2007 * “Enola shows herself to be an intelligent, rational, resourceful, and brave protagonist.

Are you in line for the new Enola books coming... 24 New and Upcoming Graphic Novels for Young Readers. It was a cute little whodunit type mystery starring Sherlock Holmes's little sister Enola.

Tips to keep in mind for World Mental Health Day Pinkerton and the Case of the Deadly Desperados, Horse Diaries #13: Cinders (Horse Diaries Special Edition), Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Soccer Scheme, Encyclopedia Brown and his Best Cases Ever, Adam of the Road (Puffin Modern Classics), Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Carnival Crime, Discover Book Picks from the CEO of Penguin Random House US. I wasn't impressed. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Enola's father died shortly thereafter so she was raised by her mother--a woman whom we don't know much about for awhile (the story begins with her strange disappearance) but for whom I came to feel a very strong mixture of admiration and rage in how she dealt with the confinements placed upon her by society. Want to encourage young readers to keep up their reading habits? Start by marking “The Case of the Missing Marquess (Enola Holmes, #1)” as Want to Read: Error rating book. Nancy Springer has published forty novels for adults, young adults and children. The debates go on. Well, I, for one, am delighted to meet the acquaintance of Miss Enola Holmes, even if poor Papa Doyle never knew this belated child of the family he created.

We’d love your help. What a delightful character! Why we should wear like this or walk like this? She's a cool kid with lots of smarts and a quick wit. The corset—the ultimate symbol of subjugating wome… On Enola's fourteenth birthday, her mother disappears. Suddenly involved in the kidnapping of the young Marquess of Basilwether, Enola must escape murderous villains, free the spoiled Marquess, and perhaps hardest of all, elude her shrewd older brother—all while collecting clues to her mother’s disappearance! Four stars for an adult book. She is intelligent and resourceful without being annoying, a perplexing and pleasing blend of the expected manners of the day and the bluestocking ideals of her mother. | Middle Grade (8-12) Enola often quotes Sherlock’s dismissiveness of her “cranial capacity.” However, in the end, Enola turns all of this on its head. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! I wasn't impressed.

Enola decides to search for her mom, and along the way stumbles across another missing person, the young Marquess Tewkesbury. In a career beginning shortly after she graduated from Gettysburg College in 1970, Springer wrote for ten years in the imaginary realms of mythological fantasy, then ventured on to… More about Nancy Springer, Praise for Enola Holmes: The Case of the Missing Marquess:An Edgar Award Nominee! Boarding school and learning to be a proper lady certainly doesn't appeal so she stuffs her baggage compartments full of loot and survival items and sets out on her un-named bicycle in pursuit. This is a wonderful start of the series. Enola Holmes is the much younger sister of Mycroft and Sherlock Holmes. This is a pretty cool little adventure/mystery in the life of Sherlock Holmes's little sister Enola. Refresh and try again. After not finding her anywhere, she contacts her brothers, who are the famous Sherlock and the eldest sibling, Mycroft. In the novel, the main character, Enola Holmes, is the much younger teen-aged sister of the famous Holmes brothers who have not seen her in over a decade. Having decided to hoard the latest escapades of Flavia De Luce for hopefully better days ahead I cast my nets and twitched my literary feelers seeking a palatable substitute. This is the first installment in Nancy Springer's Enola Holmes series, following the (mis)adventures of Sherlock and Mycroft's teenage sister. It was a cute little whodunit type mystery starring Sherlock Holmes's little sister Enola. Sherlock won't look for her, and Mycroft is too busy getting Enola enrolled in a boarding school to teach her to be a proper lady. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. I really adored this reread!! Welcome back. It's been a while since I dipped my toes in the YA sea. Instead, they seem more concerned about the condition of the estate and what Enola has been doing for the past ten years.

Enola is certainly no match for Flavia (she doesn't even give her bicycle a name for heaven's sake) and Nancy Springer's Victorian England doesn't convince as seamlessly as Pullman's Sally Lockhart books. I just love it when a book proves me wrong. Best of all, she manages to be independent of her brother, both in terms of the story and in terms of my expectations.

Have you ever wondered why there are no pockets in women clothing? Because when she arrives, she finds herself involved in the kidnapping of a young marquess, fleeing murderous villains, and trying to elude her shrewd older brothers—all while attempting to piece together clues to her mother’s strange disappearance. Praise for Enola Holmes: The Case of the Missing Marquess: An Edgar Award Nominee! Summary: Enola Holmes, much younger sister of detective Sherlock Holmes, must travel to London in disguise to unravel the disappearance of her missing mother.

Quick, light, enjoyable.. I thought this could be either really good or really annoying. He mentions a possibly hypothetical sister several times in The Copper Beeches. Enola is a young girl in 1888; sexism is a part of life.

February 16th 2006 Excellent YA mystery series opener for fans of YA, mysteries, Sherlock Holmes-themed pastiches, etc. If you make a purchase, I'll receive a referral fee. Another question might be, "How mature is the reader?" This was a very quick read, and as such, my review will be quick as well. When Enola Holmes, the much younger sister of detective Sherlock Holmes, discovers her mother has disappeared—on her 14th birthday nonetheless—she knows she alone can find her.

She is intelligent and resourceful without being annoying, a perplexing and pleasing blend of the expected mann. I read it over the course of about two hours, which is pretty darn quick for me (I'm a slow reader, I like to savor the words, deal with it), but somehow it didn't lack for character development like a lot of shorter stories do.

by Philomel. We are experiencing technical difficulties. Once she realizes what's happened and that her mother is nowhere nearby, Enola contacts her older brothers, Mycroft and Sherlock Holmes, who she hasn't seen since she was four, figuring that they, as brilliant as they are, could help. This series has some very high level vocabulary, some very ugly London street activity and highlights the complete and utter lack of women's rights in 1888-89. But nothing can prepare her for what awaits. | ISBN 9781440684395 Well, I, for one, am delighted to meet the acquaintance of Miss Enola Holmes, even if poor Papa Doyle never knew this belated child of the family he created. Despite being an avid Sherlock Holmes fan, I only became acquainted with the Enola Holmes series through the Netflix trailer. Praise for Enola Holmes: The Case of the Missing Marquess: An Edgar Award Nominee! The Case of the Missing Marquess (Enola Holmes, #1). Enola decides to track her down with the aid of her mother's cyphers and a skill for caricature sketching, as much to prove to her disparaging brothers her true cranial capacity. Mycroft had been sending their mother funds for household expenses since their father died ten years ago, and she had apparently been squirreling that money away for her eventual escape. So Enola makes a plan and runs away to London to find her mother. He mentions a possibly hypothetical sister several times in The Copper Beeches. I've had lots of fun in the past when I have dived in but these days there does seem to be rather. It's never been totally dismissed that Sherlock had a canonical sister. Enola, who is not pleased with Mycroft's plans to send her to boarding school, can understand her motive for what she did, but there is one question she desperately wants answered: why didn't her mother bring her with her when she left? Amid all the mayhem, will Enola be able to decode the necessary clues and find her mother? It's a short read but entertaining with enough chuckles and even a few Holmsian tingles when Enola and Sherlock collide for me to come back looking for book 2. I remember really disliking the protagonist of her book I tried, which wasn't the case here; I felt neutral toward Enola.