(pb; 1976: third book in the Lewis Barnavelt mysteries. Drawings by Richard Egielski.)
From
the back cover
“Rose
Rita [Pottinger] wishes she could go to camp like her best friend, Lewis. She’s
sure that boys get to have all the fun─until Mrs. Zimmerman offers her an
adventure of her own. Mrs. Zimmerman’s cousin Oley has left her his farm, as
well as a ring that he thinks is magic. But when the two arrive at the deserted
farm, the ring has mysteriously vanished What power does it have? And will the
person who took it use the ring to do evil?”
Review
Letter is my favorite entry in the Lewis
Barnavelt mystery series thus far. Letter shakes up Bellairs’s usual
character/story set-up by making Rose Rita Pottinger the main character, and
changing the setting of the story. Like the two previous Lewis Barnavelt books,
it is fast-paced, scary and thrilling in parts, with characters who are
either warm and familial or effectively villainous, and great for kids who like
that sort of thing. This is excellent, worth owning. Followed by The Ghost in the Mirror.
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