The Wishing Well by Mildred A. Wirt BENSON (1905 - 2002)
Genre(s): Children's Fiction, Crime & Mystery Fiction, Detective Fiction
Read by: Cheryl Adam in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - An Old House
00:11:56 - 02 - By the Covered Well
00:27:35 - 03 - A Chicken Dinner
00:35:13 - 04 - A Record on Rock
00:51:23 - 05 - Strangers from Texas
01:00:12 - 06 - A Wish Fulfilled
01:10:30 - 07 - Penny's Discovery
01:20:33 - 08 - A Moving Light
01:30:44 - 09 - Mysterious Prowlers
01:42:22 - 10 - Beneath the Flagstones
01:51:16 - 11 - Jay Franklin's Trickery
02:02:17 - 12 - No Admittance
02:12:37 - 13 - A Silken Ladder
02:24:38 - 14 - Night Adventure
02:35:50 - 15 - Old Bottles
02:45:44 - 16 - Inside the Mansion
02:58:42 - 17 - The Marborough Pearls
03:09:43 - 18 - Signboard Indians
03:22:08 - 19 - Publicity Plus
03:34:06 - 20 - Rhoda's Problem
03:47:34 - 21 - Mrs. Marborough's Loss
03:58:08 - 22 - The Missing Necklace
04:12:06 - 23 - Grand Ball
04:25:41 - 24 - River Rising
04:34:58 - 25 - Precious Cargo
PENNY PARKER is a teen-aged sleuth and amateur reporter with an uncanny knack for uncovering and solving unusual, sometimes bizarre mysteries. The only daughter of widower Anthony Parker, publisher of the 'Riverview Star,' Penny has been raised to be self-sufficient, outspoken, innovative, and extraordinarily tenacious. Her cheerful, chatty manner belies a shrewd and keenly observant mind. Penny was the creation of Mildred A. Wirt, who was also the author of the original Nancy Drew series (under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene). Wirt became frustrated when she was pushed to 'tone down' Nancy Drew and make her less independent and daring. With Penny Parker, Wirt had a freer hand and received full credit. Wirt once said, ' 'I always thought Penny Parker was a better Nancy Drew than Nancy is.' In THE WISHING WELL, the once-grand, now abandoned Marborough Estate and its legendary stone wishing well have become the center of odd happenings. The reclusive owner unexpectedly returns, only to lock herself secretively away in the mansion. Soon after, an ancient stone is unearthed on the estate, upon which is carved a 400-year-old message. Or is it a hoax? Who are the two strangers who repeatedly visit the wishing well in the dead of night? Penny boldly investigates, certain that danger threatens her new friend Rhoda, a gifted, but poverty-stricken artist. - Summary by Cheryl Adam
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