The Mystery of the Dinosaur Discovery

Adventure Island #7

by Helen Moss

When Scott, Jack and Emily stumble upon some bones in the quarry above Castle Key, they're convinced they've discovered the gruesome remains of a murder victim! But the bones turn out to be much, much older than that - could they be dinosaur bones? Or are they the last earthly remains of a real dragon?

Genres: Childrens, Mystery, Middle Grade

192 pages, Paperback

First published April 5, 2012

Reviews

[Петър Панчев]

По следите на научното откритие
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Колко приятно и вълнуващо е, когато детска поредица е превърната в страхотно криминале, а и е чудесен пример за хлапаците с развита логическа мисъл. Наред с приключенията и забавните ситуации, из Касъл Кий се извършват истински геройства не от кой да е, а от група деца, които не само си прекарват страхотно, но и помагат на полицията. Е, полицията научава последна за геройствата, но това е подробност за ограничени родители. 😃 Важното в случая е, че младите детективи си вършат чудесно работата и дават отпор на престъпниците. „Островът на приключенията“ е наистина мега яка поредица, както би казал някой почитател на криминалните истории. И така стигаме до „Тайната на динозавърските кости“ („Фют“, 2017, с превод на Юлия Спиридонова-Юлка) – поредната порция екшън и разкрити престъпления. Тук дори имаме повече герои, макар някои да не се изявяват толкова с логическа мисъл, а с конспиративни теории. Ако някъде открият нещо, което може да се върже с куп местни и световни легенди, то веднага би послужило за доукрасяването им. Представете си кости, които могат да са на извънземни рептили. Е, това е забавната част в случая. 😊
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[Monica]

My daughter laughed a lot when the doberman pinchers played with Drift. That was comic relief. Also funny how each time they think it is someone it actually isn’t. Like when they thought it was Margaret Atherton, but then they thought it was the wooly mammoth Ivan. It was just funny when Liam Kerrow ran into the crowd of protestors with the No to Raven banners. Huge rolling laughs from my daughter. Somehow this series is right up her alley.

[Book Jester]

I found one of the books from this series in a charity shop (The Mystery of the Smugglers' Wreck) so I bought it for my 10 year-old son to read. He enjoyed it so I sought out the other books in the series from the library - this was the only one that was in the catalogue at the time.
Anyway, we decided to read this one together as I knew it would be the sort of thing we would both enjoy and thankfully I was right. Although it was still modern enough to have relatable references for him, it was still old school enough to feel like a classic sort of children's book - like an updated Famous Five or something along those lines. It wasn't trying to be super cool like some modern children's authors (I wont name names - I've done that enough times when reviewing books I've read with my son), it was just a good yarn with excitement and a wee touch of peril. My boy especially liked the friendship between Drift, Rambo and Tyson!

[Himekna]

MY MOST FAVORITE BOOK EVER.

[Amirah Ennaouri]

Yeah anyone named Khan is definitely a villain lol.

[Scott Kennedy]

The third in the series that I have written. Enjoyable - kids will definitely like this book. If you are of a young earth perspective, you will probably want to discuss some concepts such as radiometric dating (and assumptions involved in this) with your children.

There were a couple of phrases and insinuations that made me uneasy in allowing my 6 year old to read this book. For example, "Like when King Mark of Cornwall wanted to murder Tristan because he'd been getting a bit up close and personal with his wife, Iseult." I really don't want to open her mind to this possibility just yet. I imagine it will probably go over her head at this stage. There is also a little bit of silly boy girl crush kind of stuff in here.

[Tobi]

A good read, but very assumption and quick to jump on the person x must have committed the crime, without any real back up to their accusations.