Imagine this---SIXTY teenagers happily putting their cell phones away. SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE?? WELL--NOT if you have the right board game. REMEMBER BOARD GAMES?? Good old fashioned fun. We finished reading an Agatha Christie mystery earlier in the week so I promised my students that we would play Clue at the end of the week. Remember that game--It's an oldie but goodie. My version of the game is at least 35 years old. Ms. Scarlett is actually wearing this slinky RED dress while smoking from one of those fancy cigarette holders. SO POLITICALLY--MORALLY--SOCIALLY--INCORRECT TODAY. AHHH--back in the day--I wanted to be Miss Scarlett and HAD to be her whenever I played Clue. Sorry I digressed. My students actually gave up social media for 45 minutes today to play Clue AND THEY HAD FUN WITHOUT PHONES!!! Just conversation--competition--classmates. It was PERFECT. David Neff, a true crime writer in James Renner's book The Man From Primrose Place, would be content if he could only solve the murder of "the man with a thousand mittens."If you like science fiction, mystery and time travel then this is the book for you. Set in Akron, Ohio, the man from Primrose Place is an elderly hermit who wears mittens every day. He's a real loner who almost never leaves his house. One summer day, he is violently murdered and the mystery surrounding his death remains unsolved. David Neff is a famous crime writer, who is broken by his wife's suicide. He hasn't written a word since her death four year ago. After his publisher convinces him to investigate the mystery of the man from Primrose Place, his world is turned upside down. As the investigates gains momentum, David learns that the murder of the man with a thousand mittens is not only connected to his wife's death but also to a serial killer. This book is a crazy thriller ride. Just when you think you know where things are going--you don't. This hard to put down book is about 350 page long or a 4.5 mile run with more twists than a river. Good Luck!
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