The Sugar Creek Gang Digs For Treasure

Sugar Creek Gang #14

by Paul Hutchens

The tales and travels of the Sugar Creek Gang have passed the test of time, delighting young readers for more than fifty years. Great mysteries with a message, The Sugar Creek Gang series chronicles the faith-building adventures of a group of fun-loving, courageous Christian boys. Your kids will be thrilled, chilled, and inspired to grow as they follow the legendary escapades of Bill Collins, Dragonfly, and the rest of the gang and see how they struggle with the application of their Christian faith to the adventure of life.A mysterious note in invisible ink leads the Sugar Creek Gang on a hunt for buried treasure. Is the key to the treasure in the weathered log house, or is it in the icehouse? Will the gang have a run-in with the accomplice to the Ostberg kidnapping? Find out with the boys the terrible effects sin has on families when it has a hold on the father.

Genres: Fiction, Christian, Childrens, Mystery, Christian Fiction

90 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1948

Reviews

[Kevin Findley · Rating 2 out of 5]

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.

[Debra Hahn · Rating 5 out of 5]

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.

[Sarah Arntson · Rating 2 out of 5]

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.

[Rachelle Church · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked this book because they were looking for treasure reader age 8

[Ryan · Rating 2 out of 5]

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.

[Danette · Rating 3 out of 5]

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