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#6, The Secret of Red Gate Farm

This book was a dud for me. Nature cult? Counterfeiters? Arguably one of my least favorite books thus far. George and Bess’ bickering and over-exaggerated personality traits are also kind of annoying in this book. We get it, Bess is a fat scaredy-cat and George is a brave tomboy.

There’s a slur for a Chinese woman in the book, and Bess describes a perfume as making her believe she’s in the “mystic Orient,” whatever that means.

The cover art, featuring the nature cult wearing white robes and hoods and dancing under the moonlight, has been controversial due to the resemblance to KKK robes.

Honorable mention for phrase of the book:

“By the way, where do these nature people get their food?” Nancy queried. “They can’t live on blue sky and inspiration.”

I’ve added another phrase that I thought was really funny for how cliche it is at the end of this post as it could be considered a spoiler.

Phrase of the Book

“Stock quotations, like fun!”

Foods Mentioned

• “a tray of appetizing sandwiches and a bowl of soup”
• “just imagine having cream an inch thick!”
• “gooey sundae”… “chocolate nut sundaes topped with whipped cream”
• “ginger ale”
• “delicious meal of hot biscuits, sizzling ham, sweet potatoes, and coffee”
• “freshly baked lemon meringue pie”
• “delicious breakfast of pancakes and sausages”
• “sip of milk”

Outfits

• “his suit was bold in pattern and color, and his necktie was gaudy”
• “gray-haired woman in a crisp gingham dress and white apron”
• “blue gingham dress which was plain and durable”

Possible Spoiler!

“Miss Drew,” he said earnestly. “I want to thank you for your work which has resulted in the solution of one of the most baffling cases of counterfeiting the United States Government has ever had. How did you do it?”