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Shadows of the Silver Screen
Book #2 in the Penelope Tredwell Mysteries series
A filmmaker's proposal turns sinister as strange events plague a film set. Can Penny uncover the truth before it's too late?
3.7/5 Goodreads · 220 ratings
256 pages· 51,392 words· Est. 5.5 hour read
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Bookroo's summary
In the dawn of silent films, a mysterious filmmaker offers to adapt Montgomery Flinch's eerie tales. As Monty stars in the production, bizarre incidents disrupt the set, pulling Penny into a chilling mystery. With each scene, the line between fiction and reality blurs, trapping Penny in a nightmare of her own making. Can she unravel the filmmaker's dark secret before the final reel? The stakes are high, and time is running out.
From the publisher
As the age of the silent film dawns, a mysterious filmmaker approaches the Penny Dreadful with a proposal to turn Montgomery Flinch’s sinister stories into motion pictures. With Monty starring in the production, filming begins but is plagued by a series of strange and frightening events. As Monty pleads with Penny to help him, she is drawn into the mystery, but soon finds herself trapped in a nightmare penned by her own hand. Can Penny uncover the filmmaker’s dark secret in time?
At a glance
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 256
- Words
- 51,392
- Reading age
- 9–12
- Audience
- Middle Grade
- Lexile
- 1050L
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The fine print
Book details
Reading levels
- ATOS
- 7.4
- F&P level
- ~Y
- AR points
- 9
- AR interest level
- MG
- AR quiz
- 173468
Publication
- Published
- September 1, 2014
- First published
- January 1, 2013
- Publisher
- Albert Whitman & Company
Edition
- Language
- English
- Type
- Chapter Book
Identifiers
- ISBN
- 9780807573198
- LCCN
- 2014013653
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