When the Gang decided to play Robinson Crusoe up in the North Woods they had no idea that they would run into such exciting adventures. They discovered honest-to-goodness treasure and, of all places, in ... but read the story, The Sugar creek Gang Digs for Treasure!
A decent book, but it is the middle book of a trilogy within the series. Bill and his friends are at summer camp, where they have already helped rescue a kidnapped girl and catch the kidnapper (previous book). In this one, the boys find a map that may lead to the hidden ransom money. Unfortunately, the book ends just as the story gets good.
Maybe I'll change my rating if I ever get the other two books, but for now it is at two stars.
Find it. Buy it. Then wait to get the other two books before you Read it.
Another great Mystery, another nail biting Mystery. But this one smells a little fishy. Will the boys get back to camp safely or will the be another hornet's nest stirred up with angry hornet's. You will have to pick up the book and read it to find out. Because I'm no snitch, but this is a good of time as any for the boys to start praying. Debra H.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
Read this with my eight-year-old son. He enjoyed the storyline of the treasure map, but not the forced Christian theme woven into the story. The preaching in the book did not always flow with the story. On a whole, he liked it enough to want to continue the series though.
The kids really liked this book. To me it was okay. There is a unique style to the writing... a kind of long rambling style that I didn't necessarily enjoy, especially since I read the book aloud.
The story itself is decent. Unfortunately, there isn't much conclusion to the story; it merely feeds into the next book.
I guess it'd be best to go back to book #1 and start there. We read this one because it was given to us and the kids wanted to read it. (What kid doesn't want to read about a treasure hunt?)
One thing I didn't like about the book is that it demonizes alcohol. The book was published in 1948 by a conservative Christian publisher, so the moralizing in the book fits with a 1948 Christian worldview.