British kids play at the War of the Roses. They seem to have no restrictions. I was an oldish kids’ library book in 1955. (What today they call a chapter book, or YA.)
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Astrid Lindgren had a series of books about Bill Bergson, Master Detective that were printed in english in the early 1950s. Here’s a summary for Bill Bergson Lives Dangerously:
Bill Bergson, the friendly Swedish boy of Bill Bergson, Master Detective (1952) is on his merrily haphazard way again- with his pals Anders and Eva Lotta. In their small home town (where they caught a jewel thief in the last story), the kids who call themselves the White Roses have a friendly rivalry with another bunch, the Reds, and their town and country skirmishes lead to a mystery. For while hiding near Green, the money lender’s house, Eva Lotta finds an I.O.U. It later helps to convict a culprit, anxiety-ridden Claus, of shady dealings to repair his debt with Green. Light mystery-light reading in a jolly Scandanavian setting.
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/astrid-lindgren/bill-bergson-lives-dangerously/
THAT’S surely it! Thank you for your generosity with your time! (I’m eager to read it again—)
Thank you so much!
Thank you from me too! This was starting to drive me crazy since it seemed like there was no way I would ever find it. My parents don’t seem to remember it, and I’m the last of my line, so if I don’t remember it myself, then maybe nobody ever will! It could be lost forever! So thank you for rescuing it!