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Reviewed on August 19, 2022 | Nonfiction Elementary
Gr 3–5—This biography covers Arthur Conan Doyle's life from early experiences with the delights of storytelling in an otherwise difficult childhood to (in the afterword) his controversial later belief in spiritualism—but it centers so thoroughly on the sometimes contentious relationship between the author and his most famous creation that none of his (many) other works are even named. Additionally, his private life as an adult is relegated to a single, late sentence in the main...Log In or Sign Up to Read More