Addie McCormick and the Stranger in the Attic

Addie McCormick Adventures #1

by Leanne Lucas

Addie learns new lessons about Christian life when she and Nick try to help a elderly neighbour and uncover a mystery surrounding a strange visitor, a hidden room, and a secret past.

Genres: Mystery, Fiction

143 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1992

Reviews

[D.L. · Rating 2 out of 5]

Too many unlikeable characters in this!

[Kristi Drillien · Rating 5 out of 5]

Overall, this is a simple adventure story with a somewhat unique resolution. Throughout the story, though, there's the addition of Addie, whose father was once a preacher and has recently started working at a local Christian radio station, trying to figure out how to tell her new friends about the God that her parents have helped her to know, without pushing those friends away. This conundrum is near and dear to my heart, because my own daughter has struggled with this in the past as well. And Addie living out in the country, far from her friends, brings back memories of my own childhood.

I read a few of the books in this series when I was a kid and still own #7 in the series. Reading this book again after all these years has made me wonder if this series might have provided some inspiration for my own attempts at writing when I was around 10-12 years old. I can't say for certain, but one story I started and never finished bears some remarkable similarities to this book (not that I was plagiarizing, mind you). All of these connections I have to the story may have led me to be a bit more biased than normal, but I enjoyed this quick read. Though these books may not be easy to find anymore, if you do have the chance to read this book or procure it for a 10-12-year-old child, I recommend it.

[Jaclyn · Rating 2 out of 5]

An easy-to-read children's chapter book. The mystery was enough to keep me reading.

[Sofia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Always be one of my favourites!