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The Mystery of the Hidden Painting by Gertrude Chandler Warner
3.0
mysterious fast-paced

Honesty compels me to say that I thought the kids were actually kind of rude in this... but rudeness pays, apparently! Or at least it does here, where their dogged determination to get straight answers out of adults leads to the return of a long-lost necklace. I did smile to myself at their innocent wondering as to why the adults were so short with them, though, considering the kids basically invited themselves to their houses and implicitly accused them of stealing. ("Our grandmother's necklace was stolen and we think you have it!" Not in so many words, of course, but how did they think that would be taken? I'd say they're so used to being nosy that it doesn't register anymore, but the past few books they've gone back to being normal friendly kids, instead of nosy brats, so that's not a fair assessment.)

Still. Rightness covers a multitude of sins, and they (or more particularly Jessie, who spearheaded the interrogations) were right. The final donation of the necklace was generous as well, so Jessie gets extra points for that.