Status Updates From Blue Bay Mystery

I wasn’t expecting the threat of running into cannibals to be popping up in my Boxcar Children’s book, but it’s come up in discussion a few times now, and treated as a genuine (if unlikely) possibility by the kids.

I guess, in the abstract, they are on some random desert island (Caribbean?), but it seems such a strange concern. And these are usually such mild-mannered books.

So first the two girls are the only ones out of the group of 7 that don't have their own knife for carving. Now, there's not enough fishing lines so instead of taking turns they 'get' to just sit and do nothing while everyone else has fun.
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