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Stolen scripts, a rocky coast, and a suspicious town: how can a young screenwriter protect her work and her name?
In Ruth Fielding Down East by Alice B. Emerson, Ruth carries her ambitions into the world of motion pictures. Her scripts belong to her, but keeping what she has made becomes a fight. On the northeastern coast, her livelihood and her good name are at stake.
At Beach Plum Point, a solitary hermit draws his neighbors’ suspicion. Ruth wants to understand him, not simply follow the talk. With loyal Helen Cameron and her brother Tom beside her, she faces a seaside mystery that calls for patience, courage, and a refusal to give up.
What you’ll discover
- A writer standing firm Follow Ruth as she fights to protect the scripts born from her work and imagination.
- Mystery beside the sea Explore a rocky shore where a lonely man's way of life invites uneasy questions.
- Friends who stand close Meet Helen and Tom Cameron, whose loyalty gives Ruth allies when trouble comes.
- The early movie world Step into Ruth's working life as a young woman writing stories for the screen.
- One more short chapter Enjoy clear scenes and fresh worries that keep this friendly adventure moving.
Who will love it
You will enjoy it if you like friendly mysteries, lively banter between college friends, old-time motoring trips, and a heroine who solves her own problems with quick thinking and a good heart.
What’s inside
The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- Ruth's script disappears in a storm
- A shabby actor becomes the chief suspect
- A road trip east with a spoiled-spirits cure
- Ruth rescues Bella from a harsh aunt
- A hermit at the camp raises a strange suspicion
- Ruth takes an interest in the film
- What the story is really about
Who’s who
- Ruth FieldingA young screenwriter and former Red Cross worker who loses her best script and sets out to find it.
- Tom CameronA war captain and Helen's twin who drives the cars, teases everyone and cares for Ruth.
- Helen CameronTom's twin and Ruth's closest friend, quick to tease and keen to act in a film.
- Jennie StoneCalled Heavy, a plump, funny college friend engaged to a French colonel.
- Henri MarchandA French colonel, once a spy and an actor, who loves Jennie and picks up American slang.
- Aunt KateJennie's gentle aunt who goes along as the chaperone.
- Arabella PikeA thin, proud girl who calls herself Fitzmaurice and longs to find her actor father.
- Mr. HammondThe head of the Alectrion Film Corporation, who makes Ruth's pictures and wants a good story.
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Ruth Fielding dans le Maine
by Alice B. Emerson · 1920
Ruth's finished film script vanishes from a summerhouse as a storm strikes the Red Mill.
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What would you do if the best thing you ever wrote vanished from a summerhouse in a storm? That is the blow that falls on Ruth Fielding, a young screenwriter, in this novel by Alice B. Emerson.
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Ruth's script disappears in a storm
The story opens at the Red Mill, where Ruth Fielding sits in a summerhouse by the river, working on her newest film scenario. A storm cloud gathers over the hills, and Tom Cameron's car arrives with his twin sister Helen.
When the wind hits, Ruth runs back to the summerhouse and finds everything gone. The typed pages, two notebooks and her gold-mounted pen have all disappeared. She weeps, which Tom has hardly ever seen her do.
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What is Ruth Fielding Down East about?
Ruth Fielding, a young screenwriter, loses her new film script from a summerhouse during a storm. She travels with friends to a film camp in Maine, where clues lead her toward the thief.
Do I need to read the earlier Ruth Fielding books first?
No. The story explains Ruth's background early on, naming her earlier adventures. A reader can enjoy the mystery, the road trip and the friendships without having read any other volume.
Who is Bella Pike?
Bella is a thin, proud girl of about fourteen who says her father is the actor Montague Fitzmaurice. Ruth meets her at the Drovers' Tavern and helps find her a safe home.
The author
Alice B. Emerson
Collective pseudonym for children's writers
Alice B. Emerson's Ruth Fielding story brings together motor cars, Red Cross work and moving pictures. Ruth's friendships and earlier adventures give this mystery a warm background.
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