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Skylar replies to her readers
In a recent interview, 5 Skylar readers who became her secret agents (to participate interactively in the next book, THE MYSTERY OF THE HIDDEN JEWELS) answered several questions. One was, “If you could ask Skylar a personal question, what would it be?”
3 of her fans answered:
Does she ever wear dresses?
How many adventures in total have you solved?
Will she be my friend?
Here is how Skylar replied:
Does she ever wear dresses?
Yes! When I go to a party, a dance, or out to dinner I almost always wear a dress, or a skirt and a cute matching top. But when hunting for clues, I usually wear jeans. You can get pretty dirty searching a dusty attic or a forgotten garden for evidence. Black fingerprinting powder gets all over your hands and can really mess up your clothes. So casual is best when you’re working a case.
How many adventures in total have you solved?
I’ve been working on cases since I was a little kid, helping my Grampa. He was a cop before he went undercover, and he taught me everything I know about solving crimes. So my adventures are really too many to count. But stay tuned. After the Mystery of the Hidden Jewels, I get tangled up in the Mystery of the Missing Heiress, which–believe it or not–is even more dangerous! After that, it’s the Curse of Koma Island. I almost don’t get off of the island alive.
Will she be my friend?
Of course I will. Anyone who enjoys mysteries, adventure, hunting for clues, and solving crimes is a definite friend of mine. And if you filled out the S.A.A.F. (Secret Agent Application Form) and have a code name, you have already proven that you have mad detective skills and have my back. Get ready for our next case. It’s going to be a wild ride!
Love, Skylar
Skylar Robbins fan Hannah shows off fingers dark with fingerprinting powder.
Ten-year-old sleuth Hannah is deep into a two-month-old case with the rest of the agents in Girls Secret Agency.
Skylar Fun Fact Quiz:
Which ones of these things did Skylar not find in The Mystery of Shadow Hills?
- THE FEATHER FROM A RESCUED BIRD
- DEAD FINGER PLANT
- OVAL STONE
- MOLDY PINK CUSHION
- LOVE NOTE FROM A SECRET ADMIRER
- BURIED BOX
- EMERALD CHIP
- HIDDEN GARDEN
- CRUMBLING FOUNTAIN
- WITCH’S BREW
- TIGER’S EYE
- BOOK OF SHADOWS
- NANTA BAG
- DEAD AUNT EVELYN’S ASHES
- RABBIT FOOT
- OUIJA BOARD
- BUSH WITH DEAD CAT HEADS BLOOMING ON IT
- ANCIENT KEY
- GWENDOLYN’S FINGERPRINT
- THE THIRD CAVE
- THREE CUTE BOYS IN THE SAME CLASS
- GEM SEEDS
- A REAL WARLOCK
- THE MEANING OF TRUE FRIENDSHIP
- HIDDEN GARDEN
- CARLOS’S THUMBPRINT
- RUSTY METAL GATE
- NINE STEPPING STONES
- A CLUE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SWIMMING POOL
- A SECRET TURRET
Post your answers by leaving a reply, using your Secret Agent Code name, if you have one. (If not, fill out the S.A.A.F.–Secret Agent Application Form.) Answer key will be posted soon.
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MYSTERY OF SHADOW HILLS: Fun for the Whole Family! Who Knew?
Amulet and earrings inspired by Skylar Robbins
Another Skylar Robbins reader makes an amulet for protection.
Samuel also makes a protective amulet like Kat’s and Skylar’s from The Mystery of Shadow Hills.
After reading the following passage from SKYLAR ROBBINS: THE MYSTERY OF SHADOW HILLS, one family was inspired to copy the creative projects suggested to 13-year-old Skylar by her new BFF, Kat, the Malibu middle school witch:
“I don’t have any ideas yet,” I admitted to Kat. “How about you?”
“I have a bunch of them,” she said, leaning toward me. “We can decorate a special box for our amulets. We can go down to the beach and collect stones with different powers and weave a basket for them. We can embroider spirit pouches and fill them with herbs, feathers, incense, and seashells. We can use our leftover liquid lead and glass stain and decorate a candle holder with Wiccan symbols.”
My new friend was amazing. “What’s Wiccan?” I mouthed.
She looked around. No one was listening. “Witchcraft.”