Interesting endnotes about ocean travel at the beginning of the 20th century and a description of three famous gems round out the enticing package. In the end, the girls solve the mystery and everyone learns a valuable lesson about jumping to conclusions. While Samantha and Nellie frantically try to prove her innocence, a subplot finds Nellie struggling with the prejudices of the day toward the Irish. When fellow passenger and archaeologist Fitzwilliam Wharton discovers that the legendary Blue Star sapphire he was carrying to a museum in London has gone missing during dinner, everyone traveling first class becomes a suspect-including the girls' French tutor. Samantha and her adopted sister, Nellie, join their grandparents on an ocean-liner voyage to Europe. Grade 2-4-This mystery set in the early 1900s has vivid descriptions of clothing and finery, stilted dialogue, and a heavy-handed but well-meaning lesson.
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