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Whistling In the Dark | 
 enlarge | Author: Lesley Kagen
Publisher: NAL Trade
Category: Book
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Rating:  59 reviews
Sales Rank: 5837
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Media: Paperback
Pages: 320
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.2 x 0.9
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
ASIN: B00164CNBI
Publication Date: May 1, 2007
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Product Description
It was the summer on Vliet Street when we all started locking our doors...
Sally O'Malley made a promise to her daddy before he died. She swore she'd look after her sister, Troo. Keep her safe. But like her Granny always said-actions speak louder than words. Now, during the summer of 1959, the girls' mother is hospitalized, their stepfather has abandoned them for a six pack, and their big sister, Nell, is too busy making out with her boyfriend to notice that Sally and Troo are on the Loose. And so is a murderer and molester.
Highly imaginative Sally is pretty sure of two things. Who the killer is. And that she's next on his list. Now she has no choice but to protect herself and Troo as best she can, relying on her own courage and the kindness of her neighbors.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 54 more reviews...
 Sorry I picked it up. August 18, 2008
Tracy Autler (California United States)
If it wasn't a book club selection, I would have put this book down after the first few chapters. Poorly written, poorly executed plot. The story was written from a child's point of view, and sounded like it was written by one. Unfortunate. Glad it was on Amazon for $4.
 Review August 16, 2008
Cheryl K (CO)
It was the summer of 1959. Sally and Troo's mom was in the hospital, their step dad was busy hitting the bottle and their sister Nell had other things on her mind like her boyfriend.
There were two murdered girls and Sally thought that she would be next. So that summer Sally and Troo were on a mission to track down the murder before something happened to Sally.
David Rasmussen, the next door neighbor, who is a cop, happens to have a picture of one of the murdered girls. What is his secret and why does he have an interest in Sally.
Despite the grittiness of a child predator killing little girls, Lesley Kagen still could keep the innocence of Sally and Troo throughout this book.
For anyone who enjoyed reading Water for Elephants than you need to check this book out. Whistling in the Dark is a fun, adventureous, light-hearted story. It mainly focuses on Troo and Sally, two sisters who get into trouble and seek to solve a mystery of a serial killer in their own neighborhood. I would have to say my favorite character was Troo. She may have been the youngest one but she didn't act like it. Troo acted more like a 40 year old french woman trapped in a seven year old's body. This book will bring back memories for anyone who enjoyed they childhood times and friends of the good old days. Check Whistling in the Dark out and you won't be sorry you did.
 Whistling In The Dark July 30, 2008
Brenda G. Olsen (Sacramento, California United States)
this story is based in the late 1950's. Two sisters, the older sister is telling the story. It was a time when kids could still play outside as the sun goes down during the summer time. Things begin to change, and for the first time people were afraid. Kid's weren't allowed to play outside in the evenings anymore. It was a very heart warming book. Great characters, and a surprise but happy ending. I enjoyed reading this book very much.
 Just so...precious. July 27, 2008
Esereth
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It felt like the author looked up every "written-by-spunky-child" cliche since To Kill a Mockingbird and slapped them into this book. No surprises, in plot or characterization. I've read this story, met these kids, in better literary form, many times.
The voice, at it's best, was similar to "A Girl Named Zippy" a book which truly was funny and sweet because it was real and unassuming. Contrarily, I felt like the author, in this book, was giving space for me to warmly chuckle or go "awwww" after every precious thing the girls thought or did.
In all fairness, I DID want to know who the bad guy was, but it was very trying to wade through the book to find it out.
Stick with Mockingbird or Zippy.
Meet Sally O'Malley July 24, 2008
C. Skvarce (Valparaiso, IN United States)
I read this book in two days. It wasn't suspenseful in a thriller novel kind of way, but it had the most engaging narrator in little Sally O'Malley, that you couldn't help but pick it up again for "just a few more chapters." Even though this book is somewhat bittersweet as it touches on very serious and horrific events such as child molestation, Sally's honest and heartwarming observations of the people and events around her at times make you think, and at times, make you chuckle in the "kids say the darndest things" type of way. Kagen created a character that makes you want to stick around to see how she grows up, and how her outlook on life changes as she does so. Great book, I definitely recommend it.
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