Boarded Up House

Everyone in town knows the boarded-up house on Miller's Hill holds secrets, but no one dares investigate. When best friends Joyce and Cynthia, accompanied by their loyal Great Dane Goliath, decide to poke around the abandoned structure, they find more than cobwebs and dust. Hidden in a cracked floorboard, a long-lost letter surfaces, its faded words hinting at a mystery someone worked hard to bury. The girls must piece together clues from the past to understand what happened, who to trust, and why someone wanted this house forgotten. As they dig deeper, they discover that some secrets were kept for good reason, and the truth may change everything they thought they knew about their town and its history. This 1921 juvenile mystery stands as a delightful time capsule of early twentieth-century childhood adventure, with two resourceful girl detectives who take initiative, solve problems, and refuse to give up. It will appeal to readers who enjoy wholesome historical mysteries and stories of young people outsmarting the adults around them.