Monday, August 26, 2013

Missing on Superstition Mountain / Elise Broach / 262 pages

This 2013 Mark Twain nominee is a pretty interesting book.  Three brothers who have recently moved from Illinois to Superstition, Arizona become involved in a mystery on the mountain.  Of course, they are not supposed to go up the mountain, but their parents' and the police warnings do not deter them.  I do not really like books where the children are portrayed doing dangerous things that they have lied to their parents about.  I would not like children readers to think that anything they do will turn out as successfully in real life as it usually does in books.  These kids go into the mountains and onto cliffs and ravines.  From having been in that sort of terrain, I know that getting lost could be quite easy as it all starts to look the same.  At least the girl in the story falls and gets injured. One brother has to go get the parents and help.  The other redeeming point is that the middle brother, Henry, at least has guilty thoughts and feelings that it isn't a good idea.  He, however, isn't strong enough to overcome the pressure of his brother.  Of course, without the adventure there would be no book.

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