Betty Gordon at Mountain Camp; Or, the Mystery of Ida Bellethorne

Betty Gordon is spending Christmas vacation in Washington when a chance encounter in a curiosity shop introduces her to Ida Bellethorne, an English girl working there who seems carrying secrets and sadness. When Betty loses a precious locket given to her by her guardian Uncle Dick, suspicion falls on Ida and she disappears. Then the measles outbreak closes school, and Betty and her friends are sent to Mountain Camp where the mystery deepens and finally unravels in satisfying fashion. This is the kind of wholesome early twentieth-century adventure where a young girl's determination to uncover the truth leads to friendship, redemption, and the restoration of a broken family. Alice B. Emerson writes with cheerful simplicity, creating a world where problems have solutions and mysteries exist to be solved. The book will appeal to readers who enjoy gentle period mysteries and nostalgia for a simpler era of children's literature.