The Cuckoo Tree

When Dido Twite sets foot back on English soil, more mischief awaits. As her friend Captain Hughes recovers from a carriage accident, Dido stays at the Dogkennel Cottages and meets the odd inhabitants of Tegleaze Manor: strange old Lady Tegleaze, her nephew, Tobit, and his wizened, witchy nurse, Sannie. Soon suspicious things happen. A priceless miniature is stolen. Tobit is framed and then kidnapped. A twin sister is found. And when Dido catches a glimpse of her rascally father in Petworth, she is sure she's in the midst of another Hanoverian plot. Can she get to London to warn the king and save St. Paul's Cathedral from sliding into the Thames?

Author: Joan Aiken
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 09/25/2000
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 7.65h x 5.10w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780618070237

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.4
Point Value: 11
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 23345 / Cuckoo Tree


Review Citation(s):
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2001 pg. 298 - Superior,Well Above Average
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2001 pg. 298 - Superior,Well Above Average

About the Author
Aiken, Joan: -

Joan Aiken, daughter of the American writer Conrad Aiken, was born in Rye, Sussex, England, and has written more than sixty books for children, including The Wolves of Willoughby Chase.