Up from Jericho Tel - by E L Konigsburg (Hardcover)

About the Book

Jeanmarie and Malcolm meet Tallulah, the ghost of a once-famous actress, who sends them on a quest to find the Regina Stone--the diamond she wore until it was stolen when she died. But they soon find more than they bargained for.

Book Synopsis

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Two self-proclaimed outsiders are swept into a magical mystery in this middle grade adventure from E.L. Kongsburg, the Newbery Medal-winning author of From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.

Jeanmarie wants nothing to do with the look-alike, think-alike girls in her school. That's how Jeanmarie forms an unlikely friendship with another outsider, Malcolm, over an equally unlikely activity: burying dead animals at the secluded spot they name Jericho Tel.

It's at Jericho Tel that Jeanmarie and Malcolm encounter Tallulah, a famous actress who happens to be dead. Not too dead, though, to send them on a magical quest to find out who stole the famous Regina Stone. What starts as a hunt for a missing diamond soon becomes something far more valuable--a journey filled with adventure, self-discovery, and the kind of friendship that changes everything.

Review Quotes

Booklist Focus review Konigsburg writes with flashes of brilliance, and her multilayered story is as fresh and funny as any that has come center stage in a while.

Kirkus pointered review Konigsburg has once again brought her readers a set of memorable characters and a unique perspective on children's hopes and ambitions...a good exploration of aspirations to and attainment of fame.

About the Author

E.L. Konigsburg is the only author to have received the Newbery Medal and a Newbery Honor in the same year. In 1968, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler won the Newbery Medal and Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth was named a Newbery Honor Book. Almost thirty years later she won the Newbery Medal once again for The View from Saturday. Among her other acclaimed books are Silent to the Bone, The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place, and A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver.