Dead Letter: A Herculeah Jones Mystery

by Betsy Byars

Book Overview

When Herculeah discovers a mysterious letter inside the lining of a secondhand coat, she suspects it's a desperate cry for help. If so, what happened to the person who wrote it? Herculeah thinks she... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670868604
• ISBN13: 9780670868605
• Release Date: August 1996
• Publisher: Viking Children's Books
• Length: 147 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

freaky

This book was freaky and I was unable to put it down. The rest of my family could barely talk to me, I was so into it. It is very well written and makes you feel like your the one it is happening to.

Herculeah Jones Strikes Again!

This book was realy spellbinding.It left me wondering what was going to happen in each part.The book is about Herculeah buying a coat and finding a letter in the lining. The letter says something about a lady who thinks she is going to be murdered. So she askes her friend Meat to help find who the lady is and who's the killer. Little does Herculeah know that it isn't as easy as she thinks. This book was realy a great read. I recamend it to anyone who likes to read mystery stories.Go Herculeah Jones!

A letter to betsy byars

Dear Betsy Byars, I have read your book Dead Letter .It really changed my way of thinking. I used to only watch T.V all day, but your book was one of the books that changed me. Your book has made me want to use my imagination. I really think it was one of my favorite books in the whole world .My favorite character was Meat because If he were a real person I think he would be very funny. I enjoy scary mysteries. I liked the book because it is totally different from my life .My life does not have any mystery .I thought your book was so awesome that my friends and I always pretend we are Herkuleah and Meat in another story that we made up .I would really want to know how you came up with the story and how I could make one myself. My mind is now filled with creativity .I thank you for your wonderful book.Your Friend, Gabriela

SCARY!!!!!!!!!! Absolutly terrifying!!!!

This book was soooooooo good. It is fast paced, and has a great ending. This book is defidently my favorite Hercula Jones mystery.... no contest. I absolutly loved this book, and I'm ready to read it again.. and again, and again!

Two kids try to figure out the message that they found.

Herculeah Jones and Meat try to figure out the message that they found in the coat that Herculeah bought at Hidden Treasures. Some of the chapters in this book leaves you on a cliff hanger. Dead Letter is a scary book at times.