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Old Photographs
Old Photographs
Old Photographs
Sherie Posesorski
Fourteen-year-old Phoebe Hecht is slowly making her way through the long boring days of summer vacation. It doesn't help that her mom's marriage to a wealthy heart surgeon means that they've left their old, comfortable lives behind—so much so that her mom now seems ashamed at the merest mention of their humble beginnings. Now they live in a fancy neighborhood where she doesn't belong, and the only friend she made at her new school, Yuri Kimura, has gone back home to Tokyo for the summer. The only thing getting Pheobe through the summer is her obsession with Agatha Christie mysteries and her covert spying on Colin, her crush who works at the local grocery store. A chance meeting with a kind elderly neighbor named Mrs. Tomblin changes everything and brings all Phoebe's interests together, as she and Colin try and solve the mystery of a break-in at Mrs. Tomblin's house. Could Mrs. Tomblin's collection of old photographs be at the centre of the puzzle?
2 Votes

Book Details

Genre: 

  • Mystery

Age Level: 

  • 12 and up
Old Photographs review by SLud
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SLud

In the story Old Photographs Phoebe Hecht finds herself trapped in the high class community of Forest Hill where she doesn't belong. Her best friend is back home in Tokyo for the summer and her mother is constantly shutting out their past lives back in Barrie. So Phoebe ends up spending her days reading under a tree or biking, until she meets Mrs. Tomblin. Mrs. Tomblin is a sweet elderly woman who easily befriends Phoebe and Phoebe's crush, Colin. Together Phoebe and Colin help Mrs. Tomblin solve the case of her mysterious robbery.

Rating:
3
Content Rating:

Content rating - religious perspective
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Old Photographs review by AScho
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AScho

When Phoebe Hecht offers her help to a sweet, but confused elderly woman, she has no idea how drastically this will affect the rest of her summer. The main character of Old Photographs, by Sherie Posesorski, Phoebe, has been going on solitary bike rides through town until she stops at a garage sale and notices Mrs. Tomblin, a frail old woman, struggling to count money and deal with customers. Phoebe helps Mrs. Tomblin and becomes almost like a grandchild to the old woman. After Mrs.

Rating:
3
Content Rating:

Content rating - nothing offensive
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