Hooray for Sherlock's Sister!

 In the delightfully entertaining Enola Holmes, a courageous teenage girl in Victorian England invites us to follow her adventures as she solves two mysteries and discovers her true destiny. Played to the hilt by talented Millie Bobby Brown of Stranger Things, Enola talks directly to the audience, so we empathize with her right away. We become her confidantes. Plus, the splendid period costumes, cinematography, and location scenes help give the movie a “you-are-there” feel.

For full disclosure, I should mention how much I enjoy all things Sherlock Holmes – from the wonderful stories by Arthur Conan Doyle to the various films and television series focusing on this fictional detective. I even accept Lucy Liu as Watson in TV’s Elementary series. So it’s no problem for me to believe Sherlock had a young sister.  And I just had to write the poem below for her.

Enola Holmes, Sherlock’s young sis,

can think and fight like a brave wiz.

Trained by their mom, she knows a lot.

Yet where in the world is her spot?

 

Left by her mom, she must find her.

This mystery becomes a lure..

But on the way she meets a boy

who then goes missing. What a ploy!

 

A boarding school, Mycroft insists.

But Enola strongly resists.

Freedom she craves to be a sleuth.

She entertains us. That’s the truth.