"Sophie and Sam Shattenburg are runaways. Their father died recently and their evil stepmother was going to separate them and send them to different boarding schools. But Sam and Sophie steal three thousand dollars from their dad's bank account and runaway to Venice, Ohio where they create new names for themselves and new lives. There, they meet new friends and Sam and Sophie become assistants for the hopeless, local detective Gus.
They solve mysteries on missing persons. This time, the missing person is Wanda, a cook, who was last seen with another cook while they were taping a show. Supposedly, they have run off together for a couple of days. But things get fishy when Sam and Sophie search Wanda's house and find that she did not pack a single thing. Was this running away, or another missing persons case?"
alisa, Resident Scholar
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Review Analysis of The Unsuspecting Gourmet
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Plot
Tone of book?
- upbeat
Time/era of story
- present (2000-2010)
Kids growing up/acting up?
Yes
Kids:
- solving crimes (scooby doooo!)
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Age group of kid(s) in story:
- high school
Parents/lack of parents problem?
- orphan story
Wild kid(s)?
- runaway!
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 40's-50's
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- an average amount
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 2 (a little)
United States
Yes
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
