Skinny-Dipping at Monster Lake

by Bill Wallace

Kent doesn't believe in monsters. But he knows he saw two gleaming yellow eyes beneath the surface of Cedar Lake when he and his buddies were camping at the lake. When he sneaks out alone a few nights later to investigate, the eyes return -- and they seem to be following him.
Kent and his friends are determined to solve the mystery of the Cedar Lake monster. But what they discover one dark summer night is just as surprising as a monster -- and just as dangerous.

Genres: Mystery

224 pages, Paperback

Published August 1, 2004

About the author

Bill Wallace was an American teacher and later an author of children's books. He started writing to quiet down his fourth grade students, who loved his stories and encouraged him to make “real” books.

Bill Wallace grew up in Oklahoma. Along with riding their horses, he and his friends enjoyed campouts and fishing trips. Toasting marshmallows, telling ghost stories to scare one another, and catching fish was always fun.

Bill Wallace has won numerous children's state awards and been awarded the Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award for Children's Literature from the Oklahoma Center for the Book.

Bill Wallace died from Lung cancer on January 30, 2012.

Former elementary school teacher; West Elementary School, Chickasha, OK, principal, since 1977, and physical education teacher. Speaker at schools and universities in various states, including State University of New York and University of South Florida.

AWARDS:

Bluebonnet Award from Texas Association of School Librarians and Children's Round Table and Sequoyah Children's Book Award from Oklahoma State Department of Education, both 1983, Central Missouri State University Award for Excellence in Children's Literature, 1984, and Nebraska Golden Sowers Award from Nebraska Library Association, 1985, all for A Dog Called Kitty; Central Missouri State University Award for Excellence in Children's Literature, 1984, and Pine Tree Book Award, 1985, both for Trapped in Death Cave.

Reviews

[Joshua Bunting · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this because I could and there’s nothing any of you could do to stop me.
10/10

[Tucker Huntzinger]

it was ok

[Katy Lovejoy · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm not sure why this book needed to be written

[Dayna Smith · Rating 2 out of 5]

A totally boys book. This is the tale of a group of boys enjoying the end of summer at the lake near their homes. While camping out some of them believe they have seen the famous lake monster. What they discover is a mystery as surprising and dangerous as eight young boys can handle. A great story for boys; chock full of young boy humor.

[Carol · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book for boys. Very good mystery.

[Emily · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a pretty good book. It's more for boys to read the skinny dipping part, though.

[Lexi · Rating 5 out of 5]

this book is realy good

[Ann · Rating 3 out of 5]

I know. . . a youth book!! but I was needing a lite read after things happening in my life and it was just the thing for the occasion.

[Nikki · Rating 2 out of 5]

Didn't finish it.