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Liffey Rivers and the Mystery of the Sparkling Solo Dress Crown

 
 
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Liffey Rivers and the Mystery of the Sparkling Solo Dress Crown

There is more excitement at the Celtic Arch Feis in St. Louis than 13-year-old Irish dancer Liffey Rivers could have ever imagined. Within a 24-hour time period, she manages to foil a sophisticated criminal plot, dance her soft shoe jig and even prevent a possible war! Determined to win a 1st place medal at this feis and earn her very own solo dress, Liffey notices a suspicious looking man with a white stripe running down the back of his dark black hair (like a skunk) as she power walks around the hotel lobby. She has seen this man before, and he, like herself, always seems to be alone at Irish dance competitions. This time, however, she observes that he is carrying a shopping bag with a beautiful porcelain Irish dancer doll peeking out. The doll is wearing a dazzling diamond solo dress crown. But something is WRONG.... Liffey follows the 'skunk man' on to a crowded elevator to get a better look at the doll, and in her pursuit for answers, she finds herself not only competing for the medal, but fighting for her own life. After a series of close calls and in a state of near collapse, Liffey Rivers unravels the mystery of the sparkling solo dress crown.

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Product Details:
Author: Brenna Briggs
Paperback: 146 pages
Publisher: BookSurge Publishing
Publication Date: November 03, 2005
Language: English
ISBN: 1419607057
Package Length: 7.8 inches
Package Width: 5.2 inches
Package Height: 0.6 inches
Package Weight: 0.4 pounds
Average Customer Rating: based on 6 reviews
 
 

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5Important To Read First Liffey Rivers Book First  Feb 03, 2010
I began reading the Liffey Rivers Irish Dancer Mysteries with the second book, The Mystery of the winking Judge. (which I purchased at a feis and loved)I then read the third book (reviewed that one) after which I dicovered I wanted to read the first book-The Mystery of the Sparkling Solo Dress Crown to fill in a few gaps and questions I had. I am glad I did. The Mystery of the Sparkling Solo Dress Crown is a lovely, fast moving book with some strong social awareness issues. For instance, I learned everything anyone needs to know about blood (conflict) diamonds. Now we discuss the diamond problem at the family dinner table and my daughter did a paper for school on conflict diamonds.

1One chapter and she put it down  Jan 21, 2010
My granddaughter (10) who is a fan of step dancing read one chapter and put the book down. It just didn't interest her.

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5Not for the Young Folks Only...  Apr 12, 2007
As the mother of a former Irish dancer (12 years of practices and competitions), as well as one who enjoyed Nancy Drew, Trixie Beldon and all of the those other wonderful mysteries, I found myself completely enthralled with this book. It was "memory lane" for me at times with the description of the feasana, needing to just win a first in a particular step, the overwhelming conviction that if Liffy only had a solo costume, she would take first in her competitions, etc. AND it was a really good mystery! I really loved it.

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5A Dancer Mystery for All Ages   May 28, 2006
This book is great. It should be rated for all ages, not 9-13-year-olds. I read it before my daughters got hold of it. I picked it up from a feis vendor and finished it the same night in the hotel room! I especially liked the internal dialogue Liffey Rivers had going on in her head throughout the whole book. Sometimes I could not stop laughing. One of my daughters finished it on the way home in the car (a 12-hour drive!). That was the quietest car trip we ever took! I owe it all to Liffey Rivers and her solo dress quest.

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5Great Mystery   Feb 26, 2006
As an Irish dancer and long time competitor, it seems that there is finally a story that captures both the nervous energy of a feis and also provides a really good, sometimes on the edge scary mystery. Irish dancers will love this book and non-dancers will want to become Irish dancers after they read this book. But even without the dancing, it is a good story. I really hope there will be more Liffey Rivers books.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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