Melody Ellison is impressed by her sophisticated new friend, Leah Roth, but she wishes her cousin Val would stop being so standoffish to Leah! Melody meets Leah's grandfather, Dr. Roth, a botanist who escaped the Nazis and brought a rare and valuable Lady's Slipper orchid with him to America. When Melody's own grandfather becomes a suspect in a burglary, Melody turns to Val and Leah for help. Yet Leah seems to be hiding something, something to do with her grandfather, that could hurt all of them. Can Melody catch the orchid thief before it's too late?
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Emma Carlson Berne. The Lady's Slipper
chapter 1. Belle Isle
chapter 2. Flowers and Family
chapter 3. Friends and Fliers
chapter 4. The Lady’s Slipper Orchid
chapter 5. Secrets for Two
chapter 6. Prepping for the Big Day
chapter 7. In the Orchid Room
chapter 8. An Accusation
chapter 9. Presumed Guilty
chapter 10. What Will Happen to Poppa?
chapter 11. The Soiree
chapter 12. Hiding in Plain Sight
chapter 13. Confession
INSIDE Melody’s World
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MELODY THOUGHT SHE’D never seen the sky as blue as it was today. The azure canopy arched over the Detroit skyscrapers rising silver in the distance. The May air was soft and scented with that special fragrance of damp earth and new leaves that only comes in the spring.
Melody bounced a little on the springy backseat of the Ford Fairlane as it sped past the shops and offices that lined the busy streets. She glanced over at her cousin Val sitting beside her. Val’s mom, Tish, was driving them to a picnic.
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“Babysitting would be fun,” Melody exclaimed. “I’d like to babysit to have a little extra spending money. And babies are so cute.”
“Yeah.” Leah hesitated. “But I’m saving up for something more important than clothes. Anyway—” She jumped up. “Let’s go ride the carousel. You want to? I’ll just go tell my mom.”
