Project Gutenberg 2013-02-19 Public domain in the USA. 156 North, Grace May 1876 1960 Bobs, a Girl Detective E-text prepared by Stephen Hutcheson, Rod Crawford, Dave Morgan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) "Bobs, A Girl Detective" by Carol Norton is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story introduces four sisters from the Vandergrift family who are facing a significant change in their circumstances after their father's death leaves them destitute. Roberta, affectionately known as Bobs, stands out as the adventurous and spirited protagonist, eager to take on challenges and embrace the excitement of a new life, particularly in becoming a girl detective. The opening of the novel sets the stage for the Vandergrift sisters' transition from a life of affluence to one of self-sufficiency and exploration. After discovering that their ancestral home is no longer theirs, the sisters—Gloria, Gwendolyn, Lena May, and Bobs—debate their next steps, with Gloria suggesting they move to New York and find work. Bobs, enthusiastic about the adventure, expresses her desire to be a detective. The dynamics among the sisters are explored through their dialogue, revealing their different personalities and coping mechanisms as they prepare to leave behind their old lives for something unknown, setting the tone for a story of female empowerment and resilience amidst hardship. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42133/42133-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 78.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Girls -- Juvenile fiction Mystery fiction PZ Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels 306865 2025-07-17T06:14:52.177582 text/html 293354 2024-10-23T14:13:37 text/html 230817 2025-07-17T06:14:57.670553 application/epub+zip 241611 2025-07-17T06:14:53.904513 application/epub+zip 164487 2025-07-17T06:14:52.979532 application/epub+zip 342393 2025-07-17T06:15:00.777509 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 306879 2025-07-17T06:14:57.008521 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 229796 2022-09-19T09:18:53.363840 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 269932 2023-09-18T10:12:52.910682 text/plain 250112 2024-10-23T14:13:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16933 2025-07-17T06:15:00.900475 application/rdf+xml 15850 2025-07-17T06:14:53.058530 image/jpeg 2369 2025-07-17T06:14:53.019517 image/jpeg 215422 2025-07-17T06:14:52.207536 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog More titles under Norton, Carol en.wikipedia