Reviews for Mystery on Skull Island (History Mysteries-American Girl)

The average rating for Mystery on Skull Island (History Mysteries-American Girl) based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-08-19 00:00:00 Michelle Brown I thought this was a fun creative book for young readers. It’s the type of book where the characters figure out the answer with some time before the end, and you’re waiting to finish the book to see how they make the truth come to light. It ends after and doesn’t do the whole boring after effect thing that no one really cares about. Rachel moves to Charles Town (1724 Charleston) to live with her father for the first time in years. She is nervous because she hasn’t seen him since she was 5 or 6. They fork a quick bond, however, but she is upset that they will soon be joined by her father’s fiancé, Miranda. Rachel wants time to get reacquainted with her father on her own. When Miranda comes, she convinces her father to send her to a proper young girls school to learn boring things like embroidery and French, and to be forbidden to spend time with the only friends she made since she moved there, Sally and Todd. To keep being able to see each other, Sally shows Rachel an island off the coast, where they can row by boat to secretly meet up, and maintain their friendship. But this is the era of pirates. As it is, the boat Rachel took to get to Charles Town was raised by pirates and the only remaining item left of her late mother’s, her necklace, was stolen by the pirates. The island winds up being a potential link to pirates, and the girls are startled when they find signs on the island that pirates might be using it for their wrong doings. One night, they get caught on the island over night, and almost run into some dangerous pirates. Now they know for sure that something is up with this island, and they’re determined to find out what. But they can’t escape turmoil at home either. Suspected pirates frequent Sally’s mother’s tavern, and there is something off about Rachel’s father’s new business partner, and her father may be in danger of being linked with the wrong doings going on on the island. And on top of that, Miranda increasingly makes it more difficult for Rachel to find out the truth. I thought the author did a good job linking multiple aspects of the story together and make it all make sense, when we get to our resolution. A lot of people were involved and the answer wasn’t as cut and dry as some mysteries are for younger readers. It’s a quick read, a little over 100 pages and I thought it was fun. I wish I’d had more time to just sit down and read it without so many interruptions.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-08-07 00:00:00 Allet Barua A quick enjoyable read.