YA adult mystery blind girl sculpts faces in clay by touch
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1Martha_purple
Looking for a book I read in the late 1970's or early 1980's that had a blind and possibly mute character who made beautiful clay sculptures of people's face by feeling rather than seeing them. I can remember very little of this one except a sculpture might have been a clue to a hidden valuable.
2bookel
You say YA in the subject line ... young adult fiction??
Not a mystery, but this girl is blind (and not mute), and sculpts clay. You could rule it out since it doesn't have a mystery.
Jessica's Dying Light (Day by Day)
by Jan Kenneth
Oh, and it was from 1993, so obviously not it.
If you mean adult fiction, let me have a look...
Not a mystery, but this girl is blind (and not mute), and sculpts clay. You could rule it out since it doesn't have a mystery.
Jessica's Dying Light (Day by Day)
by Jan Kenneth
Oh, and it was from 1993, so obviously not it.
If you mean adult fiction, let me have a look...
3bookel
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blind sculpture clay mystery hidden
1960-1985
Notes from a different drummer: a guide to juvenile fiction ... - Page 341
Barbara Holland Baskin, Karen H. Harris - 1977 - Snippet view
Fortunately, Stella had retrieved her pin earlier and hidden it in the moist clay of Robin's sculpture. Stella has ... Woven into this mystery is a series of highly palatable and knowledgeable lectures about blindness and attitudes toward the blind.
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"Fortunately, Stella had retrieved her pin earlier and hidden it in the moist clay of Robin's sculpture. Stella has"
"Fortunately, Stella had retrieved her pin earlier and hidden it in the moist clay of Robin's sculpture. Stella has matured enough not to feel compelled to reveal the pin's whereabouts, which would ruin her friend's excellent work."
Robin, thirteen ... Stella, a blind girl about her age.
Secret Of The Emerald Star by Phyllis A. Whitney
1964.
"When her family moves to a community of old houses on Staten Island, New York, thirteen-year-old Robin makes friends with a half-Cuban girl, who is blind, ... mystery adventure. about Stella, a blind Cuban girl, and her emerald pin"
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"Secret Of The Emerald Star" clay
Secret of the Emerald Star Phyllis A. Whitney, Alex Stein on Amazon.com. ...
"Robin senses that more is at stake when a mysterious, unpleasant stranger shows up at the Devery house searching through rubble and sneaking around, but is preoccupied with trying to find a subject to sculpt in clay so that she can enter a sculpting class by a talented local artist."
Okay I'm satisfied.
blind sculpture clay mystery hidden
1960-1985
Notes from a different drummer: a guide to juvenile fiction ... - Page 341
Barbara Holland Baskin, Karen H. Harris - 1977 - Snippet view
Fortunately, Stella had retrieved her pin earlier and hidden it in the moist clay of Robin's sculpture. Stella has ... Woven into this mystery is a series of highly palatable and knowledgeable lectures about blindness and attitudes toward the blind.
Search:
"Fortunately, Stella had retrieved her pin earlier and hidden it in the moist clay of Robin's sculpture. Stella has"
"Fortunately, Stella had retrieved her pin earlier and hidden it in the moist clay of Robin's sculpture. Stella has matured enough not to feel compelled to reveal the pin's whereabouts, which would ruin her friend's excellent work."
Robin, thirteen ... Stella, a blind girl about her age.
Secret Of The Emerald Star by Phyllis A. Whitney
1964.
"When her family moves to a community of old houses on Staten Island, New York, thirteen-year-old Robin makes friends with a half-Cuban girl, who is blind, ... mystery adventure. about Stella, a blind Cuban girl, and her emerald pin"
Search:
"Secret Of The Emerald Star" clay
Secret of the Emerald Star Phyllis A. Whitney, Alex Stein on Amazon.com. ...
"Robin senses that more is at stake when a mysterious, unpleasant stranger shows up at the Devery house searching through rubble and sneaking around, but is preoccupied with trying to find a subject to sculpt in clay so that she can enter a sculpting class by a talented local artist."
Okay I'm satisfied.
5Martha_purple
Yes, the secret of the emerald star must be the book I remember, especially after reading about old mrs. Devery, and the guy who sucks on lemon drops! Can't wait to read it again. My mom radar out loud to the whole family on a long car ride when I was a kid. I'm waiting to recommend these books until I read them agian. Bookel, I am really amazed! I am trying to use google books advanced search myself before posting, but I never seem to hit on the right words. Thank you!
6Martha_purple
Found this book through intercounty library loan, and enjoyed re-reading it. I'm curious what kids born in the 2000's would think of it. Characters are a bit stiff, and much less humor than more modern YA books. Still, the ideas of the story, and the character relationships are intriguing. For a 9-11 yr old, it might be a fun mystery that also expands the way they think about disabilities, and people with backgrounds different from their own.
