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    The Postcard
    Audiobook7 hours

    The Postcard

    Written by Tony Abbott

    Narrated by Lincoln Hoppe

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    She died today.

    One phone call changes Jason's summer vacation—and life!—forever. When Jason's grandmother dies, he's sent down to her home in Florida to help his father sort through her things. At first he gripes about spending the summer miles away from his best friend, doing chores, and sweating in the Florida heat, but he soon discovers a mystery surrounding his grandmother's murky past.

    An old, yellowed postcard . . . a creepy phone call with a raspy voice at the other end asking, "So how smart are you?" . . . an entourage of freakish funeral-goers . . . a bizarre magazine story—all contain clues that will send Jason on a thrilling journey to uncover family secrets.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateApr 8, 2008
    ISBN9780739363638
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    The Postcard
    Author

    Tony Abbott

    Tony Abbott is the author of over a hundred books for young readers, including the bestseling series the Secrets of Droon and the Copernicus Legacy and the novels Firegirl and The Summer of Owen Todd. Tony has worked in libraries, in bookstores, and in a publishing company and has taught creative writing. He has two grown daughters and lives in Connecticut with his wife and two dogs. You can visit him online at www.tonyabottbooks.com.

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    • 3/5
      The Postcard is not exactly what I expected. The story is well written, but really seems like it should have been written with a more adult protagonist. Much of the story contained references to literature and history that someone of this age wouldn't know, much less use. The story, however, is very good containing a larger message about life.When Jason's grandmother dies, he discovers almost accidentally, that his parents are on the verge of splitting up. He goes to Florida to be with his father as they get his grandmother's house ready to sell. Jason is angry and frustrated by his trip to Florida ruining his plans for summer vacation, but when he finds a postcard in his grandmother's house, the real adventure begins. His grandmother's funeral is populated by strange looking people that Jason doesn't know, but they start to seem familiar when the clues on the postcard lead Jason to the beginning pages of a mystery that seems to include his grandmother and all of these strange people. Jason meets a girl about his age named Dia who calls him every name but his own, and she helps him track down more clues and find more of the story. Soon Jason and Dia find themselves in danger from the very people who seemed to be his grandmother's friends. Both the mystery of his grandmother and the mystery of the story run throughout the book.The Postcard is a very poignant story about the way we spend our lives and what we are left with at the end of it. Overall a very interesting story with lots of twists and turns, especially at the end when Jason discovers who has really been chasing him and why.
    • 4/5
      Jason goes to Florida after his grandmother dies to help his father pack up her house. In the process of cleaning and packing up the house his father ends up in the hospital and a series of postcards begin to lead Jason on a journey.The story is basically sweet and fun.
    • 5/5
      Abbott skillfully combines postcards, an old magazine and a historical St. Petersburg with modern life. It takes a thirteen-year-old boy to discover the romance and mystery present in all of those elements. And, it takes The Postcard to capture the magic of the past in a riveting, suspenseful caper.
    • 5/5
      When Jason's grandmother dies he goes to Florida to help his father and uncovers a mystery surrounding his grandmother, with the help of Dia, a girl that lives nearby, Jason begins to unravel the mystery. The main characters are well developed throughout the story, Jason and Dia appear to be people the reader would get along with and all the characters in the mystery are developed with fear or compassion depending on their role in the story. The book is hard to put down with short chapters that always end at a point where the reader wants to keep reading. The setting is a hot Florida summer and is the perfect fit for the story. I really enjoyed this book and would recommend it for upper elementary and middle school students.