The Alley

The Alley

By Eleanor Estes

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Grades 4 - 8Grade 6n/a5.467703
In the heart of Brooklyn, New York, there is an alley that is the most beautiful place to live in the whole wide world. Or so Connie Ives believes. The alley is the perfect location to sharpen Connie's swinging skills, hold practices for the Alley Conservatory of Music, and convict a burglar by trial.
From the bestselling author of Ginger Pye comes the story of a little girl whose eyes are always open to the beauty of the world that surrounds her.
Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books
ISBN-13: 9780152049171
ISBN-10: 0152049177
Published on 8/1/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288

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Connie Ives, a young girl who live in the Alley. You would often find her, swinging in her yard, either swinging solo or with a friends. She also often hang out with her friends; Billy Maloon, Judy Fabadessa, Laura Fabadessa, etc. There's another girl, Katy Starr who is well-known for her "Katy's Laws" in the Alley among the children. Things just going on until suddenly one day, Connie was with her mother, out doing the errands, when the Ives' home got burglarized. Then, there's a mystery uprising all through the Alley. Will Connie Ives with Billy Maloon solve this mystery in the Alley of the burglars? Read on and find out of what will happen in this book! - Happy Reading!