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{{infobox book
| name        = The Tangled Web
| image       = BF_TheTangledWeb.png
| imagewidth  = 300px
| caption     = The [[BeForever]] cover of The Tangled Web.
| published   = 2009
| author      = [[Kathryn Reiss]]
| illustrator = [[Jean-Paul Tibbles]] (first edition)<br>[[Juliana Kolesova]] (second edition)
| isbn        = 1593694768
| setting     = November 14<ref> In Chapter 1 Mrs. Albright mentions the possible presence of rain, and in Chapter 2 [[T. J.]] mentions it rained on Sunday. The only Sunday in November that rained in San Francisco was [http://www.almanac.com/weather/history/CA/San%20Francisco/1976-11-14 the 14th].</ref> - November 25,<ref>The story ends on Thanksgiving evening. Thanksgiving in 1976 was [http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/custom.html?year=1976&month=11&country=1&hol=16409&typ=1&display=1&df=1 November 25th].</ref> 1976
| related     = [[List of Julie's Books|Julie's Series]]
| related2    = After the events of ''[[Changes for Julie]]''
}}

'''The Tangled Web''' is a [[Historical Character Mysteries|Historical Character Mystery]] that is part of [[List of Julie's Books|Julie's books.]]

==Characters==

===From the [[Central Series]]===

*[[Julie Albright]]
*[[Ivy Ling]]
*[[Daniel Albright]]
*[[Joyce Albright]]
*[[Tracy Albright]]
*[[Joy Jenner]]
*[[Minor Characters in Julie's Series (A-M)#Hank|Hank]]
*[[Minor Characters in Julie's Series (A-M)#Mrs. Duncan|Mrs. Duncan]]

===Introduced===
*[[Minor Characters in Julie's Series (N-Z)#Carla Warner|Carla Warner]]

===Only in ''The Tangled Web''===
* [[Minor Characters in Julie's Series (N-Z)#Barbs Warner|Barb Warner]]
* [[Minor Characters in Julie's Series (N-Z)#Todd Warner|Todd Warner]]
* [[Minor Characters in Julie's Series (A-M)#James Horner|James Horner]]
* [[Minor Characters in Julie's Series (N-Z)#Tubby Wolfowitz|Tubby Wolfowitz]]
* [[Minor Characters in Julie's Series (N-Z)#Abe Taylor|Abe Taylor]]
* [[Minor Characters in Julie's Series (N-Z)#Kenny O'Shaughnessy|Kenny O'Shaughnessy]]
* [[Minor Characters in Julie's Series (A-M)#Mr. Anderson|Mr. Anderson]]

==Chapter By Chapter Summary==

===Chapter One: Figure in the Fog===

===Chapter Two: New Girl===

===Chapter Three: Spy Radio===

===Chapter Four: Puzzle Pieces===

===Chapter Five: Secrets===

===Chapter Six: An Unsettling Visit===

===Chapter Seven: The Ogre===

===Chapter Eight: Visit to a Painted Lady===

===Chapter Nine: A Sticky Web===

===Chapter Ten: Caught!===

===Chapter Eleven: Second Chances===

===Chapter Twelve: Thanksgiving===

===[[Looking Back]]===

Discusses how people began to focus on making healthy living accessible. Topics discussed:

* The need to accommodate disabled people in public and older buildings
* The passage of the [[wikipedia:Rehabilitation Act of 1973|Rehabilitation Act of 1973]], prohibiting discrimination against the disabled applying for federal assistance and employment
* The failure to enforce the Rehabilitation Act, which led [[wikipedia:Judith Heumann|Judy Heumann]] to stage a 26-day sit-in at the U.S. Department of Health Education and Welfare in San Francisco
* How the enforcement of the Act affected disabled Vietnam War veterans
* How the Vietnam War not only affected soldiers, but civilian opinion as well
* The lack of support Vietnam War veterans faced when they returned home
* How people began to focus more on healthy living, such as partaking in exercise, yoga, and paying attention to what they ate
* The development of farmers' markets
* [[wikipedia:Alice Waters|Alice Waters]], who founded [http://www.chezpanisse.com/ Chez Panisse] and pioneered the concept of [[wikipedia:California cuisine|California cuisine]]

==Trivia==

* The quotation at the end of the book comes from ''[http://www.archive.org/details/marmion04010gut Marmion]'', an epic poem about the [[wikipedia:Battle of Flodden Field|Battle of Flodden Field]] and written by [[wikipedia:Walter Scott|Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet]].

==Book Covers==
<gallery position="center" widths="200" spacing="small">
File:TheTangledWeb.jpg|First cover from 2009-2016
</gallery>

==References==

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[[Category:Julie Albright]]
[[Category:Julie's Collection]]
[[Category:Historical Character Mysteries]]
[[Category:Books]]
[[Category:Mysteries]]
[[Category:Historical Books]]
[[Category:Items Released in 2009]]
[[Category:Items Released in 2016]]
[[Category:BeForever]]

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