When No One Was Looking
Rosemary Wells
- Nothing—and
- no
- one—will
- stand
- in
- Kathy’s
- way
- of
- winning
- the
- tennis
- championship.
- After
- all
- winning
- is
- everything
- .
- .
- .
- or
- is
- it?Kathy
- Bardy
- doesn’t
- have
- the
- good
- looks
- and
- ease
- of
- her
- best
- friend,
- Julia.
- She
- doesn’t
- have
- the
- grades
- of
- her
- little
- sister,
- Jody.
- What
- she
- has
- is
- tennis.
- Kathy’s
- coach
- even
- says
- she’s
- the
- most
- promising
- New
- England
- junior
- to
- come
- along
- in
- years.
- With
- tennis
- come
- trophies,
- free
- equipment,
- and
- tournament
- prize
- money—and
- all
- these
- things
- put
- Kathy
- on
- equal
- more
- footing
- with
- pretty
- and
- well-heeled
- Julia.Then,
- out
- of
- nowhere,
- comes
- Ruth
- Gumm,
- an
- indifferent
- player
- Kathy
- should
- beat
- every
- time.
- But
- Kathy
- can’t
- beat
- her.
- She
- loses
- her
- cool
- and
- her
- nerves
- every
- time
- Ruth
- is
- on
- the
- other
- side
- of
- the
- net.
- And
- Ruth
- is
- supposed
- to
- play
- Kathy
- in
- the
- first
- round
- of
- an
- important
- tournament,
- one
- that
- could
- lead
- to
- enormous
- future
- success
- for
- young
- Kathy
- Bardy.Suddenly,
- Ruth
- is
- found
- drowned
- in
- a
- swimming
- pool.
- Is
- Kathy
- connected
- to
- Ruth’s
- death?
- Was
- it
- just
- an
- accident,
- or
- had
- someone
- else
- stepped
- into
- the
- picture?This
- chilling
- mystery
- was
- named
- a
- runner-up
- for
- the
- Edgar
- Award
- from
- the
- Mystery
- Writers
- of
- America,
- an
- ALA
- Best
- Book
- for
- Young
- Adults,
- and
- a
- School
- Library
- Journal
- choice
- for
- Best
- Book
- for
- Young
- Adults.This
- ebook
- features
- an
- illustrated
- biography
- of
- Rosemary
- Wells
- including
- rare
- images
- from
- the
- author’s collection.
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