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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2326 KP) rated Trixie Belden and the Pet Show Mystery (Trixie Belden, #37) in Books

Mar 9, 2018  
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Trixie Belden and the Pet Show Mystery (Trixie Belden, #37)
Kathryn Kenny | 1985
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
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When Trixie learns that the local birds are having trouble finding food, she thinks it is the perfect project to keep the Bob-Whites busy during an especially harsh winter. They quickly decide to put on a pet show to raise funds. But someone disagrees. Who is out to sabotage the show?

Most fans of the series focus on the elements that seem out of place – Mart working on a computer and the Sleepyside mall. However, I still like this book. The plot seems weak for an entry in the series, and the crime is a little forced, but that’s my only complaint. There are some good opportunities for character growth, and the story is still fun overall.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2016/09/book-review-pet-show-mystery-by-kathryn.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
  
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Dana (24 KP) rated Border Bandits: Hollywood on the Southern Frontier in Books

Mar 23, 2018  
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Border Bandits: Hollywood on the Southern Frontier
Camilla Fojas | 2008
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
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This book primarily focused on films set on the border of California and Mexico, specifically in Los Angeles and San Diego. Again, it was interesting to see how films document or change real life in their creations. Immigrants who want to get into the industry are often type casted and not given many opportunities to do much else. Some of the films discussed touched on that subject. This book focused less on the crossing of borders than what happens after. Fojas wanted to inform her readers about the struggles immigrants continuously have to deal with even after they get across the border. The chapter that was most interesting to me would have to be chapter four because it made me think more about how films mirror the issues going on today more than I had expected.