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Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator |  | Author: Jennifer Allison
Publisher: Puffin
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Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 141709
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
Pages: 321
Number Of Items: 1
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Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 4.9 x 0.9
ISBN: 0142406988
EAN: 9780142406984
ASIN: 0142406988
Publication Date: November 23, 2006
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Ever since her father died, quirky Gilda Joyce has been working hard to sharpen her psychic skills. Shes determined to communicate with spirits from the Other Side and become a crack investigator of spooky, twisted mysteries. After wrangling an invitation to visit relatives in San Francisco, Gilda discovers that her dreary, tight-lipped uncle and his strange, delicate daughter need her help to uncover the terrible family secret that has a tortured ghost stalking their home. From poignant to hair-raising and hilarious, this is a behind-the-scenes, tell-all account of the very first case in the illustrious career of Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator.
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 Humorous and Charming Mystery October 16, 2009
Kory Gott (Payette, ID United States)
It's difficult to not adore Gilda Joyce from the very first chapter. She's an eccentric and witty protagonist whose interest in the paranormal leads her on a myriad of laugh-out-loud adventures while she attempts to solve a mystery that keeps even the reader guessing until the story's end. This is a laugh-out-loud tale that captures the wit, sarcasm, and hope of a young teenage girl who, through the course of her psychic investigation, is able to uncover some secrets surrounding the mysterious suicide of a distant relative. In the end, Gilda is able to better understand a devastating loss of her own.
Gilda Joyce: Psychic Investigator July 10, 2009
Jennelaine (South Florida)
I actually listened to this book rather than read it. The story is great--Gilda, a young girl who decides that with the help of her father's typewriter, she will solve crimes and discover the truth behind a family mystery. Gilda is sarcastic and hilarious. The reader of the audio version, Jessica Almasy, does a great job bring Gilda to life. I can't believe this series is more popular.
Sparkling writing! November 5, 2008
lc (USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Very entertaining & a fun read. The author did a great job with evoking scene & character details in the relatively short & fast-paced books in this series. The characters in this series have been given a lot of detail and some have eccentricities, however, I thought the writing and the characterizations were humorous, interesting, & intelligent instead of ridiculous, pretentious, and inane. Even the far-fetched plots are interesting enough; they are not run-of-the-mill nor too zany & ostentatious to bear. I have read a lot of books this year with horrible writing & pacing, and boring characterization...even with good plots. Allsion's writing is so good that a good plot would not even be needed.
I also like that Gilda is not a character that is perfectly nice with good thoughts all the time (she is a good person, though, with good intentions in general). She does not act perfectly sweet all the time & does things to tease her mother, brother, & friends (not always nice) but that is normal human nature. The lying and "cruelty" to her mother that another reviwer wrote about should not put anyone off this book. I didn't see Gilda's treatment of her mother as even approaching cruel...like a normal person, she just gets snippy & pushes it with her mom even though she shouldn't. Very minor meanness. Another reviewer wrote that Gilda needs to learn the meaning of the words like "tact" and "boundaries". So true :) and I was also frustrated by her not-very-successful attempts to support Wendy in the Ghost Sonata book. However, Gilda is still growing up. Plus, it is a novel - to read for fun! I don't think that every book should have a main character that is mature and nice so that readers can emulate 100%. People are multi-dimensional.
very interesting book. September 22, 2008
Carol
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Gilda Joyce is a not-so-ordinary 13 year old girl who lives in Michigan. As her dad died a year ago, his type writer was given to her to pursue her dream. She writes many stories and dreams of becoming a top selling author, but on the other hand, she wants to be a psychic investigator.
Her interest in ghosts, spirits, and contacting the dead was only the first step to her adventure. Everyone in her class was going on a summer vacation, except her. Until she decided to contact a long lost relative named Lester Splinter who had a daughter, Gilda's age, named Juliet. She sent him a letter asking to come down there and got an accept a few weeks later.
She walked up to The Splinter house noticing an eerie tower attached to the back of the house. A mystery started to unfold here. Gilda learned that Juilet's aunt had jumped from that window almost ten years ago and Juliet had recently seen her ghost which caused her to faint and fall down the stairs. Juliet and Gilda go on an adventure together to find the reason of Aunt Melissa's death and whether it was a suicide or a homocide. They performed seances and searced for the key to unlock the mysterious tower. When they finally found the key they went inside and discovered many paintings. Gilda left with the success of solving the mystery and making a new friend, Juliet.
 Weak lead character December 30, 2007
Gomerel (Fantasyland)
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
My problem with this book is that I do not like the main character - Gilda. She is a pathological liar. Her "hobby" is spying on people. She is cruel to people who love her, e.g., her mother.
Aside from that, the book is funny.
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