Gilda Joyce is a spunky, 13-year-old that wants to be a psychic investigator. She (and her not so enthusiastic friend) start an investigation. They go around town spying on people. Gilda lives in Detroit with her mother, and older brother, Stephen, as her father died of illness two years ago. Before his death, he told Gilda that she should have his typewriter, saying that "it's a magic typewriter," so Gilda keeps it with her as much as possible and tries to incorporate it into her psychic investigations, such as for Automatic Writing. After Gilda, following her instinct, lies to her class and teacher saying that she is going to San Francisco for the summer. She looks into ways of getting to San Francisco for the summer, so that her bluff wouldn't actually have been a lie. She soon learns of her uncle, Lester Splinter, her mother's second cousin and a stranger to the family, whose sister, Melanie Splinter, met her death through a suicide jump from the top of a tower in the Splinters' own backyard. Thrilled at this opportunity for investigation into Melanie's death, Gilda quickly writes a letter to Mr. Splinter introducing herself and requesting that she be allowed to stay at his house for the summer. The letter, upon its arrival in San Francisco, is found by Mr. Splinter's assistant, Summer, who finds Gilda very intriguing and writes back inviting Gilda to stay, and providing airline fare for her. Meanwhile, Juliet Splinter, Lester Splinter's 13-year-old daughter, is bedridden with a broken rib and a twisted ankle. Juliet, having come home from ballet class one day, was considering swallowing some of her father's sleeping pills when she seemed to see Aunt Melanie standing at the top of the staircase she was climbing, causing her to faint and fall down the stairs. When Gilda arrives in San Francisco to find that the sunny, warm paradise she had pictured was covered with fog during the summer so the mansion she will be staying in is hardly a place of fun and that her only company of her age group will be Juliet Splinter, Mr. Splinter's petite, unsociable, sadistic daughter who is currently recovering from an "accident" which makes her enthusiasm dampen slightly. But soon, through a little investigation, Gilda and Juliet become unlikely partners on their mission to uncover what really happened to Melanie Splinter. Together, they complete the mystery all and all, and Gilda is sent back to her regular life.
gilda, joyce, psychic, investigator, this, article, relies, excessively, references, primary, sources, please, improve, this, article, adding, secondary, tertiary, sources, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, april, 2008, learn, when, remov. This article relies excessively on references to primary sources Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources Find sources Gilda Joyce Psychic Investigator news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2008 Learn how and when to remove this template message Gilda Joyce Psychic Investigator is the first book in the Gilda Joyce mystery series for children written by Jennifer Allison Gilda Joyce Psychic Investigator was published by Dutton Children s Books There are three books in the series Gilda Joyce Psychic Investigator Gilda Joyce The Ladies of the Lake and Gilda Joyce The Ghost Sonata Gilda Joyce Psychic InvestigatorAuthorJennifer AllisonIllustratorGreg SwearingenCountryUSALanguageEnglishSeriesGilda JoycePublisherDutton Children s BooksPublication date2005Pages321ISBN0 525 47375 0OCLC55228488LC ClassPZ7 A4428 Gi 2005Followed byGilda Joyce The Ladies of the Lake Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Awards 3 References 4 External linksSynopsis editGilda Joyce is a spunky 13 year old that wants to be a psychic investigator She and her not so enthusiastic friend start an investigation They go around town spying on people Gilda lives in Detroit with her mother and older brother Stephen as her father died of illness two years ago Before his death he told Gilda that she should have his typewriter saying that it s a magic typewriter so Gilda keeps it with her as much as possible and tries to incorporate it into her psychic investigations such as for Automatic Writing After Gilda following her instinct lies to her class and teacher saying that she is going to San Francisco for the summer She looks into ways of getting to San Francisco for the summer so that her bluff wouldn t actually have been a lie She soon learns of her uncle Lester Splinter her mother s second cousin and a stranger to the family whose sister Melanie Splinter met her death through a suicide jump from the top of a tower in the Splinters own backyard Thrilled at this opportunity for investigation into Melanie s death Gilda quickly writes a letter to Mr Splinter introducing herself and requesting that she be allowed to stay at his house for the summer The letter upon its arrival in San Francisco is found by Mr Splinter s assistant Summer who finds Gilda very intriguing and writes back inviting Gilda to stay and providing airline fare for her Meanwhile Juliet Splinter Lester Splinter s 13 year old daughter is bedridden with a broken rib and a twisted ankle Juliet having come home from ballet class one day was considering swallowing some of her father s sleeping pills when she seemed to see Aunt Melanie standing at the top of the staircase she was climbing causing her to faint and fall down the stairs When Gilda arrives in San Francisco to find that the sunny warm paradise she had pictured was covered with fog during the summer so the mansion she will be staying in is hardly a place of fun and that her only company of her age group will be Juliet Splinter Mr Splinter s petite unsociable sadistic daughter who is currently recovering from an accident which makes her enthusiasm dampen slightly But soon through a little investigation Gilda and Juliet become unlikely partners on their mission to uncover what really happened to Melanie Splinter Together they complete the mystery all and all and Gilda is sent back to her regular life Awards editSchool Library Journal Best Books of 2005 1 Booklist Top Ten Mysteries of 2005 2 References edit School Library Journal Dec 2005 Vol 51 Issue 12 p42 51 8p Booklist 5 1 2006 Vol 102 Issue 17 p49External links editGilda Joyce Official web site Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gilda Joyce Psychic Investigator amp oldid 862791004, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
