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When I was in about 3rd to 6th grade in the early 1970s, my favorite book in my NJ public school library was a hardcover chapter book about kids on summer vacation, possibly in upstate New York, who get involved in some kind of mystery involving a neighboring house they call the Chateau. \u00a0I think a diamond necklace came into it, and I\u2019m pretty sure the children of one family joined forces with a boy from another family (maybe living in the Chateau?) to solve the mystery. \u00a0Either Chateau or Diamond Necklace might have been in the title, but I\u2019ve had no luck Googling for it. \u00a0It was an old-fashioned story at the time, probably could have been written any time from the late 1930s to the mid 60s. \u00a0There were illustrations, but a limited number, and I think they might have been listed by caption after the table of contents. I think it was the first time I had heard of a \u201cPorte cochere\u201d, which I had to look up. I think the binding was red, and may have had an imprint illustration of a country house on the cover \u2014 but I could be making that up!<\/p>\n
I loved it and probably read it four or five times, but these scraps are all I can remember! \u00a0I\u2019d dearly love to find a copy.<\/tt><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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