Want to grow your vocabulary, and enjoy a good read at the same time? Conspiracy on the Housatonic is a novel approach to vocabulary building that harnesses the didactic potential of fiction by weaving nearly 1,500 SAT words into the narrative.
Conspiracy on the Housatonic takes the reader back to 1942 Connecticut, shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Utilizing over one hundred illustrations, including period postcards and images, photographs, maps, and original drawings by Stratford native, Melissa Benson, it provides readers with an entertaining and educational window into life on the home front during one of the most critical eras in American history.
Conspiracy on the Housatonic is not only the first SAT novel set in Connecticut, but, in the tradition of Jack Finney's "Time and Again," the first illustrated SAT novel. This blog will address issues of literacy, core knowledge, cultural literacy, and vocabulary building as exemplified in the Ellen Anderson Mystery Series, of which Conspiracy on the Housatonic is the first entry.
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A perfect gift for a child or grandchild, niece or nephew, this is a book to treasure and pass along to successive generations of mystery lovers or SAT test takers. Also ideal for anyone wishing to grow his or her word power.
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