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Book Review of The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place

The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place
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Margaret Rose Kane is as precocious as Flavia de Luce, even though she is not interested in being a sleuth. Margaret's meant to be a social activist to find a way to save her Uncle's creations, three steel towers embellished with bits of glass, wire and metal pieces, from being demolished.

Important themes included in the story are: grassroots activism, mentoring, loyalty to family, and understanding when it's important to be true to yourself in spite of the insistence to do the opposite.

As an adult reader, I enjoyed this story enough to finish it in two days and plan on reading another of E. L. Konigsburg's books.