Oak Tree Mystery

Badger Hills Farm #4

by Jenny Phillips, Kessler Garrity (Illustrator)

Spring has come to Badger Hills Farm, and with it, new mysteries for the family to solve! But while they decipher another series of clues on the farm, Zoey encounters a few mysteries of her own. Join Zoey, Timothy, and their family as they unravel more surprises from the farm—and from life.

Genres: Mystery, Fiction

137 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2023

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database.

As a Christian songwriter and music producer, Jenny Phillips has released over 27 albums and has shared her love of music across the world, speaking at over 1,100 events in 23 countries and selling over a million CDs. In order to reduce the stress and time commitments that naturally come with a music label, and so she could focus more on her young family, Jenny left her music label in 2011. She now offers her music for free on www.hislightmusic.com.

When Jenny's children began going to school, she turned toward another one of her passions—education. Jenny began homeschooling in an effort to provide a faith-based, high-academic education focused on building noble character. Not wholly satisfied with any curriculum she could find and deeply concerned about the loss of good literature in our world, she founded The Good and the Beautiful.

Jenny lives in Utah with her husband and five children. In addition to music, motherhood, and good literature, Jenny loves family history, gardening, traveling, and exercising. She is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but she enjoys working with people of many faiths as she shares her multi-denominational curriculum, rejoicing in the common good that all Christians share.

(from https://www.goodandbeautiful.com/about/)

Reviews

[Kyle Leeper · Rating 5 out of 5]

My kids rated this one a big 5 stars! When I asked them why they loved it so much they commented that the end of every chapter left them incredibly interested and excited for the next one.

[Alan Dees · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another great entry in the unfolding mystery of Badger Hills. This one felt like it focused a little less on discovering the clues and mystery and more on real life situations, which is fine with me. My daughter and I went through the emotions as we watched Zoey struggle, but were very impressed with how she handled herself. This lead to opportunities for good discussion. This one ended on a bit of a cliffhanger so I am looking forward to the next one.

[Kelley Dees · Rating 4 out of 5]

Book 4 in this series and it continues to build on finding the clues. I wasn’t fond at all of the volleyball coach and the lack of sportsmanship, but it did present good opportunities for conversation.

[Kristen DeChaine · Rating 5 out of 5]

The 2 books so far that are from Zoey’s POV are the best in the series. My kiddo loves them and is looking forward to books #5 and #6!

[Melanie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved it! It was the best!
Me and my kids have lots of fun reading these books together.

[Bethany · Rating 4 out of 5]

bookclub with R. May '25

[Darleen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kindness and overcoming fears, such a beautiful theme!!

This one may be our favorite in the series we’ve read so far!

[Logan Thorpe · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought the rest of this series was better, but I still liked it.