Inspired by Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, this book, which Wizard of Oz author L. Frank Baum wrote under the pen name Edith Van Dyne, is much in the same ve

Aunt Jane's nieces go to work campaigning for their cousin who is running for Congress against a powerful incumbent, and solve a mystery along the way.

Aunt Jane's Nieces and Uncle John picks up the continuing story of the three cousins Patsy Doyle, Beth De Graf, and Louise Merrick, and their family; the plot o

Uncle John buys a farm out in the country where Aunt Jane's nieces investigate the mystery of the former owner.

Writing as "Edith Van Dyne," The Wonderful Wizard of Oz author L. Frank Baum brings remarkable depth and sensitivity to this novel intended for younger readers.