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Maureen the detective

by Veda Boyd Jones

ImmigrantsJuvenile fictionChristian lifeMinnesotaFictionStealingArt theftsHistory

When her parents died, young Maureen O'Callaghan was sent from Ireland to the United States to begin a new life in the Stevenson family. At age eleven, she's ready to become a U.S. citizen-just as soon as she can solve the case of who's stealing artwork from her employer's mansion. Maureen the Detective is an exciting mystery and an intriguing look at what drew, and continues to draw, so many people to the shores of America.

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Book data: Open Library