of loa Mystery in Children’s Literature From the Rational to the Supernatural Adlenne E. Gavin nay Ci Chachi Case ot Ace Christopher Routledge palgravestem dOnt an Saemeees eo Sl eee SERA nn ‘Spun yore wit en er eta rr sting er sa ce tig ed re Skgyrecieesiences. pera kemeemcrpeanarta enone! secre Soe ea a cae ne Aiviloercstonte emer Sigurt goers nominees east petliestaneny ioommtsy Se i aout Seema ing seme Ma gst ad can 2g on- “sete Test Theta Bee, nein ane sero ‘Se Wee edn ee Pen rst any Axor ove per se ‘To the mysteries with whom we share our lives, Dewayne and Siobhan.Contents 1 Mystery Children’s Literature fom dhe Rational tthe Supernatural: an introduction ‘denne E Gavin and Christoph Rote 2 ‘so gest ad beautiful hat cannot wre them’ Religious Mystery and Children’s Literature Patines 2 Nancy's Ancestors: the Mystery of Imaginative Female owes in The Set Gan and A Lite Pies Mary Jeanette Mora 4. ‘The Juvenile Detective and Soci Class: Mak Twaln, Stn for Gis, and the Naney Drew Mysteries Ty Boone 5 Ctuldcen's Detective Fetion ad the Perfect Came of (Cnstapher Rowedge {6 Digging up the Fary Plot Sete, Mystery, andthe ytonesque Davi Rutt 2) Potting the Past the Detectives Historian in the Novels ‘ot Plppa Pearce elec Ris |S Theseeret Development of Gi Water: outs Btehugh’s arith Sy Rabin Amelia Mors 9 Aypatiion and Apprehension: Supernatural Mystery and Emergent Womanood in Jane Bye, Wuthering Hgts, find Noves by Margaret ay ‘Aisienne E. Gavin a us Py