I am currently still reading the book Deep and Dark and Dangerous by Mary Downing Hahn. As you know in my last blog, Ali was determined to find out what happened to this mysterious girl in the photograph she found in the attic. Going off of what I have read in the book, Ali and her younger cousin Emma have met a young girl named Sissy who likes to play in the sand. After weeks and weeks, Sissy decided to play the board game Candy Land. After pulling it out Emma soon realized there was a name in each corner of the game. There names were on the game Mommy, Clair, Dulcie and Teresa. Ali then found out who the mystery girl was. After finding the board game Sissy ran back into the mountains where she claimed her house was. When Ali and Emma went to go show Dulcie what they had only to find Dulcie sitting in paint with all of her paintings ruined. Someone had broken in and destroyed everything, but Dulcie didn’t care because she claims they weren’t good enough anyway.
Later that day when everyone gathered for lunch, Emma couldn’t be found. Ali had found Emma with Sissy holding a doll. Sissy said the dolls name was Edith. After Ali had shouted, "I found her". Dulcie had run outside and saw the doll. She immediately ripped it out of Emma’s hand and threw into the lake. Emma soon got mad and slapped Dulcie in the face and ran to her room and skipped diner. After Ali and Dulcie finished dinner, Emma came down stairs and apologized for sneaking out and hitting her mom. The next morning Emma woke up sick and Dulcie took Emma to the doctor. When they got back Emma fell asleep on the couch, but when Ali went to go get some crackers Sissy was there. She told Sissy to get out and Sissy left the house and told Ali to follow her. As Sissy started to speed up so did Ali eventually until Ali lost Sissy but found a graver yard. There had been a red jacket lying on a tombstone. Ali stared at it and got curious but then thought she saw a glimpse of Sissy so she ran towards it. There laid the tomb that said here lays our beloved sister Teresa Apollo.
On the way home, Ali found a house she had never seen before and she was sure it had to be Sissy. So she walked to the front door knocked and Mrs. Trent answered. She was surprised to she her old first grade teacher at the lake. Mrs. Trent let Ali inside due to the heavy rainfall. After an hour had passed Mrs. Trent’s phone rang. It was Dulcie, but there was one thing, you could tell she was mad! When Ali asked her why she was so mad Dulcie replied, “Where is Emma!” “She is gone, her window is open and my grandfather's canoe is missing. Are you with her?” She asked. Ali replied, “The last time I saw her was when you took her to the doctors. I've been here at Miss Trent's house the whole time.” Then Dulcie hung up with a bitter fire rage. Ali had realized there was one thing for sure and Emma was missing!
In the book, The Westing Game's and Deep and Dark and Dangerous the two characters Turtle and Sissy are much alike. They would both put themselves before others, have terrible behavior and are very spoiled. Turtle and Sissy have actually done the same things before such as manipulate other characters in the book, defraud them and beating people.
Before I started reading Deep and Dark and Dangerous I thought that I wouldn't like this book because of they way it looked. However, I have learned not to judge a book by its cover. While the cover is interesting, I also thought the book was going to be terrible just because of the over all summary. Despite that, I still tried the book and ended up loving it. Especially how the book is worded and explained. Over all Deep and Dark and Dangerous is a wonderful book to read and I definitely recommend reading it.
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