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The Dark Stairs

A Herculeah Jones Mystery

by Betsy Byars

130 pages · 1994

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Mystery is in Herculeah Jones's blood. How could it not be, with a father on the police force and a mother running a private eye business? Herculeah can't resist the strange case of Dead Oaks. The old estate is a local legend, and the ican students have come a long way since the dark days of sore knuckles and dunce caps. Today, as the line between rights and responsibility becomes increasingly blurred, students find themselves facing complex issues, from drug testing to freedom of speech.

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