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The view from the cherry tree

Rob admits having seen a murder, but no one believes him--except the murderer.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Roberts, Willo Davis
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Toronto : New York : Aladdin Books ; Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; Maxwell Macmillan International, 1993.
Edition:	3rd Aladdin Books ed.
Subjects:	Mystery fiction > Juvenile.
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Summary:	Rob admits having seen a murder, but no one believes him--except the murderer.
Item Description:	"Aladdin books"
Physical Description:	181 p. ; 20 cm.
ISBN:	0689717849 : PAP
Author Notes:	Author Willo Davis Roberts was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on May 29, 1928. Her first novel, Murder at Grand Bay, was published in 1955. The View from the Cherry Tree was originally meant to be an adult novel, but was then sold as a children's book; it was published in 1975 and started her career as a children's mystery writer. Roberts wrote a total of ninety-nine children and adult books during her lifetime and won numerous awards including the Mark Twain award for The Girl with the Silver Eyes (1980) and Baby-Sitting Is a Dangerous Job (1985) and the Edgar Allen Poe Award for Megan's Island (1988), The Absolutely True Story of My Visit to Yellowstone with the Terrible Rupes (1994), and Twisted Summer (1996). She died on November 19, 2004 from congestive heart failure. (Bowker Author Biography)