Cornelia and the Audacious escapades of the Somerset Sisters

This book, by Lesley M.M. Blume, is a book about a girl called Cornelia,who loves to use interesting, unknown words an to read dictionaries, and whose mom is a famous pianist. Cornelia's housekeeper, a french woman called Madame DesJardins, is always following her around, and Cornelia tries to hide from her. One day, she runs into an indian man  called Patel, who is trying to catch a mischievious pug called Mister Kinyatta. She finds out that Patel is the servant of a rich woman who lives right next door to her! Cornelia makes friends with the woman, whose name is Virginia Somerset, and sneaks away from Madame DesJardins as much as she can to go visit her. Together they have fun. Virginia tells stories about her childhood, and Cornelia listens and learns new,intersting words, since Virginia is also a word lover, with a library "filled' with dictionaries. Cornelia thought she lived a very boring life, but Virginia teaches her that the world is quite, quite exciting.

I thought that this book was very good because it has a lot of mystery and cliff hangers, but it's kind of the type of book that goes like this"Ok this happens. Bla bla bla. Now this happens. Bla bla bla. If you don't read it the right way, it can seem very boring. It is why I recommend it to more advanced readers, like 10-12 years old readers.