{"id":9686,"date":"2015-01-21T10:35:57","date_gmt":"2015-01-21T14:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=9686"},"modified":"2015-01-24T20:25:00","modified_gmt":"2015-01-25T00:25:00","slug":"mysteries-from-long-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=9686","title":{"rendered":"Mysteries from Long Ago"},"content":{"rendered":"

I remember loving two series of books when I was in grade school. I knew one of them was the Green Knowe<\/em> series by L.M. Boston. I didn’t remember the name or author of the other series, though.<\/p>\n

I’ve often wondered about that series. All I could recall was that there were some siblings who visited an island, and that there were treasure hunts and puzzles for them to solve. Not much to go on, huh?<\/p>\n

But I found a reference to a series called the Liza, Bill & Jed Mysteries<\/em> by Peggy Parish (who is best known as the creator of Amelia Bedelia). The name “Jed” sounded right to me, and some of the stories took place on an island. So I borrowed the books from the library.\u00a0I read all of them except for The Ghosts of Cougar Island<\/em>, because it was published in 1986, at which point I would have been too old to want to read it. The others were published in the late ’60s and early ’70s, making them exactly the right vintage.<\/p>\n

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  1. Clues in the Woods<\/em>, B<\/li>\n
  2. Haunted House<\/em>, B+<\/li>\n
  3. Hermit Dan<\/em>, B<\/li>\n
  4. Key to the Treasure<\/em>, B+<\/li>\n
  5. Pirate Island Adventure<\/em>, B+<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Are they the right books? Yes, I think so. There were many familiar scenes. I am certain that I read these books as a child. The only problem is that I have memories of a couple of specific types of puzzles that weren’t in any of the books. I can only guess that my memories of another book got lumped in with my memories of these.<\/p>\n

    These books are a little piece of the story of me, about what I like and who I am today. I’m glad to have recovered it. Consequently I am feeling a little guilty about giving them all B-level grades. But I could only judge them on the scale of what I like today. They are simple books intended for young readers, not a woman my age. I think they’d be perfect for, say, an 8-year-old.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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