The Black Jacket Mystery

I've read them all - I own them all. Trixie Belden has been one of my favorites since I was very young.

In the Secret of the Mansion, Trixie meets the girl who has just moved in named Honey. At first, Trixie thinks that all Honey cares about are pretty clothes. They go exploring in an old mansion, and find a boy named Jim who has run away from his evil stepfather, Jonesy. Jim is the nephew of the owner of the mansion who has just gone to the hospital. Later, Trixie's little brother, Bobby gets bitten by a copperhead snake and she saves his life! That night, the mansion Jim is hiding in gets set on fire. The fire gets put out finally. Read the book to find out what happens! This is a very good book.

A snarly new kid comes to Sleepyside in a disgusting black leather jacket and impractical black cowboy boots. Turns out he's facing reform school from his misdeeds back on the cruel streets of the big city, unless Sleepyside and the Bob-Whites of the Glen can clean him up and straighten him out. In this 8th book of the series, Trixie acts premenstrually emotional and histrionic, Honey and Di even more bewildered than usual, and little brother Bobby spoiled beyond tolerance (does he remind anyone else of the moronic Phronsie from the 'Five Little Peppers' books? Is this endemic among youngest children with too many older siblings?). But excitement abounds as Trixie and her loyal chums put on an ice carnival to benefit their Mexican pen pals, trade barbs with the new guy, fix up the clubhouse which gets wrecked by badniks AGAIN, and Brian even puts a few stitches into the head of a clobbered neighbor. Will they be able to rescue Bobby, stuck in a deep hole in the labyrinthine game preserve, before the wildcat gets him? I don't think I'm giving too much away to suggest that the story ends with everyone wreathed in smiles ...

Meet Dan, a city gang member that is trying to striaghten out his life. But when one of Trixie's friends is badly hurt all eyes turn on Dan. Did Dan do it? What about the moutain lion? All these questions are answered in one of Trixie's greatest adventures. Trixie also learns not to jundge a book by its cover. Trixie Drew; age 13