The Silver Blonde (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780385741484)

For fans of Ruta Septys and Monica Hesse comes a lush historical mystery set in post-World War II America against the flashy backdrop of Hollywood's film studios about a shocking murder that threatens to unearth the ghosts of a young German immigrant's past.

Hollywood, 1946. The war is over, and eighteen-year-old Clara Berg spends her days shelving reels as a vault girl at Silver Pacific Studios, with all her dreams pinned on getting a break in film editing. That and a real date with handsome yet unpredictable screenwriter Gil. But when she returns a reel of film to storage one night, Clara stumbles across the lifeless body of a woman in Vault 5. The costume, the makeup, the ash-blond hair are unmistakable--it has to be Babe Bannon, A-list star. And it looks like murder.

Suddenly Clara's world is in free-fall, her future in movies upended--not to mention that her refugee parents are planning to return to Germany and don't want her to set foot on the studio lot again. As the Silver Blonde murder ignites Tinseltown, rumors and accusations swirl. The studio wants a quick solve, but the facts of the case keep shifting. Nothing is what it seems--not even the victim.

Clara finds herself drawn, inevitably, to the murder investigation, and the dark side of Hollywood. But how far is she willing to go to find the truth?

Author: Elizabeth Ross
ISBN-10: 0385741480
ISBN-13: 9780385741484
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Language: English
Published: 07/27/2021
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.60w x 1.30d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.5
Point Value: 13
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 517178 / Silver Blonde


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/31/2021
Kirkus Reviews 06/01/2021
Booklist 07/01/2021 pg. 76
School Library Journal 08/01/2021 pg. 91