(Everyone in this book has multiple names.
The Carillons have a little boy named Leon and the Fishs have a little girl named Caroline only everyone calls her Little Dumpling. They are having a rough year, financially – so they get together on Thanksgiving, pool their resources for a dinner. It opens with 2 families – the Fishs and the Carillons – they’re neighbors – they both have farms, and one family grows only tomatoes and the other family grows only potatoes. I haven’t read this book in years but here is what I remember:
My favorite of hers is The Westing Game – I can’t recommend that one highly enough – but The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I mean Noel) was my introduction to Ellen Raskin. Not only does she create these masterful mysteries – almost interactive – but her characters are great as well. Ellen Raskin is amazing – her books are intricate whodunits – the reader becomes a participant in solving the mystery (actively – in Leon (I Mean Noel) – where she has encouraging footnotes shouting at us: “REMEMBER THIS PART. Actually, we were huge Ellen Raskin buffs – but this was the book that started it all. Holy moly, how all the O’Malley kids loved this book. Next book on the shelf is The Mysterious Disappearence of Leon (I Mean Noel) by Ellen Raskin. Next Daily Excerpt: Children’s Book Shelf:
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