The Lost Treasure

The Hounds of Penhallow Hall #2

by Holly Webb

Polly and her new ghostly friends William, Rex and Magnus wake Li-Mei, the Chinese porcelain Fu Dog from the Red Drawing Room. The little Pekinese tells them her adventures with Sarah Penhallow - how they investigated rumours of smugglers and sighted a ghostly Green Lady down at the cove. But when Polly looks at the family portrait she realises that there were actually two dogs. Eventually, Li-Mei reveals that she had a companion, Han, but she thinks that he drowned down by the cove. Together, the friends set off to solve the mystery once and for all, and discover a secret tunnel. Here they come across a broken statue of a dog beneath a rockfall. Then they see a vision of a tiny dog running after a group of smugglers, only for the tunnel to collapse on him. Polly returns to the house with the statue and hides it in a drawer of a lacquer cabinet. When she opens it again the cracks have gone - Li-Mei and Han are reunited at last on the mantelpiece.

Genres: Childrens, Dogs, Fantasy

136 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2017

About the author

Holly Webb is one of Britain's best-loved children's writers. She has written over a hundred books for children, and her work has been translated into over thirty languages. Holly lives in Tilehurst, just outside of Reading, Berkshire, with her husband, three children and several cats.

Reviews

[Alexie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like how Polly and Rex have bonded a strong relationship so much that Rex is upset that polly has to go to school but getting confused that Polly was going to boarding school.

I like that Rex tells Polly about more of the dogs at Penhallow.

I also like that you get to find more about the Penhallows from Polly's mum, which links to the chinese porcelain dog in the red drawing room.

I like that Rex's statue looks like him but magness looks the same as Rex and the porcelain dog will look like it's statue. However finding about the porcelain dog Li Mai shows that she wasn't a dog but a statue statue a lion meaning she is a cat.

I liked it when Polly got to explore the garden and found the grave yard for dogs and this started the dogs talking and the story of the green lady.

I like because of the green lady's story they found out about Hans which makes them wonder how he disappeared which links to the smugglers and from the story they were able to find where the smugglers hide the goods.

As well as finding where the goods used to be stored they also found Hans. However the land fall had fell on to the statue of Hans but Li Mai made a plan to rebuild the statue which worked but now Polly has to figure away out to explain the second porcelain statue in the red drawing room.

[Bunia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lepsza niż wczesnijeszy tom
Kocham dodatkowe postacid jakie tu są tak jak główna ekipe
Ta książka tyle razy sprawiła że się zasmiawalam że nie umiem tego zliczyć
Polecam każdemu kto lubi historię o duchach

[Karina · Rating 4 out of 5]

This kids will love this. Full of mystery and excitement without being drawn out. Another good one for the school holidays.

[Heather · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars

The Lost Treasure continued the story of Polly and her adventures at Penhollows. Full of mystery and excitement, not to mention ghost dogs, young readers will enjoy this novel.

[Rebekah · Rating 2 out of 5]

The title implies this might have a treasure hunt in it, but it doesn't. In fact there isn't any treasure at all, unless you count one dog finding her brother and the porcelain statue he inhabits. I guess that must be it, but some readers may be hoping for a little quest, and that doesn't particularly happen.

I wasn't a fan of how the dogs treat the new dog when she gets awakened. One of the dogs laughs at her saying, "She's a pussycat! A fluffy little pussycat!" She wasn't the easiest of characters to get along with, but it was a shame to see the characters treat her so.

I think this story has some content that won't be good for sensitive or young readers (see below).

CW:
-The dogs talk about being able to rip someone's throat out to protect their owners.
-There was also a bit of a horrid description of how a girl drowned that kids might find troubling.
-Horrible illustration of a ghost chasing after Polly. I think some young or sensitive kids could be distressed by it.
-Polly has this weird vision/flashback of someone else's memories and her eyes roll back into her head.
-A story about a dog killed in a cave in.
-references to someone drowning
-ghosts