Comments on: Nutmeg Street: Egyptian Secrets by Sherrill Joseph https://rajivsreviews.com/nutmeg-street-egyptian-secrets-by-sherrill-joseph/ Fri, 12 Jun 2020 17:27:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Rajiv https://rajivsreviews.com/nutmeg-street-egyptian-secrets-by-sherrill-joseph/#comment-1972 Fri, 12 Jun 2020 17:27:24 +0000 https://www.rajivsreviews.com/?p=1661#comment-1972 In reply to Sherrill Joseph.

Thanks so much for your comments! Your fifth-graders sound wonderful and hope they inspire you to write many more stories =)
Yes, the ‘previous mysteries’ was in reference to the diamond theft (and if I recall, a section where they reference Bruce saving them in the jungle). I felt I was reading a recap of a previous book, as such recaps are not the norm of middle grade tales nowadays, hence threw me off.
I’m looking forward to Book 2 and hope you continue to add many more adventures to this series.

]]> By: Sherrill Joseph https://rajivsreviews.com/nutmeg-street-egyptian-secrets-by-sherrill-joseph/#comment-1971 Thu, 11 Jun 2020 18:59:44 +0000 https://www.rajivsreviews.com/?p=1661#comment-1971 Thanks, Rajiv, for your review of my book and for posting it on your site. I’m so glad you liked my characters and Egyptians references.

I’m not sure what you meant by “the previous mysteries” you say are referenced. This is their first mystery, other than their accidentally “solving” a diamond theft in Paris the year before when the thieves ran into the kids on the sidewalk in front of a jewelry shop. Only the second mystery is alluded to at the end of the book.

Thanks for noticing that my characters are mature and responsible. I created them that way so that, hopefully, they will be role models for kids. You might find it interesting to know that I based these four 13-year-old sleuths on my 11-year-old fifth graders, who were very mature and kind. They gave me the idea for my detectives!

Book 2 in the series launches in October. I hope you will check it out! Thanks again.

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