The Ghost of the Golden Gate Bridge (Real Kids, Real Places) Review

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(More customer reviews)The story was cute. However more historicle facts about San Fransisco could have been added. My son loves to read about real places. By the time he was finished reading this book he wanted another one of her books, so now we have about 8 of them on the shelf. He loves to read them!


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What is planned as a pleasure trip to the city by the bay (San Francisco), turns out to be a topsy-turvy mystery with new friends helter-skelter through Chinatown, Lombardy, and even Alcatraz Prison one dark, foggy night.LOOK what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more!San Francisco, CA ' Golden Gate Bridge ' Chinatown ' Asian Museum ' Alcatraz Island and prison history ' Coit Tower, Telegraph Hill ' Fisherman's Wharf ' Ghirardelli Square ' Levi Strauss Headquarters ' Lombard Street ' United States Mint ' Fort Point ' Golden Gate Bridge history and facts ' Suspension bridge ' California Gold Rush history and facts ' Earthquakes and tremors ' San Andreas fault facts ' 1906 San Francisco Earthquake ' Skateboarding ' Taquiero facts.This mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that keep kids begging for more! Each mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, Built-In Book Club and activities. Each Carole Marsh Mystery also has an Accelerated Reader quiz, a Lexile Level, and a Fountas & Pinnell guided reading level.--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

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Snowman (Beach Reading) Review

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(More customer reviews)When body parts were found in the sewer pipes at the Castro restaurant where Tim Snow usually works, he was just recovering from injuries suffered in his last adventure with "bad guys." His boyfriend Nick, helping out the gay owners of the restaurant, made the discovery, but it is Tim's Aunt Ruth and Nicki's author grandmother, Amanda Musgrove, who stumble on the possible crime scene, and lead the police to investigate possible leads to drug runners in the area. Meanwhile, Tim is trying his best to deal with his bigoted Texas cousin, Ruth's daughter Dianne, but can't resist goading her into confrontations about his being gay. Ruth is giving Dianne as much space as possible as well, choosing to spend as much time as possible with her fiancé, Sam.
In this fourth of his "Beach Reading" series of mysteries, the author creates one heck of a suspenseful page turner, featuring the characters already endeared to those of us who read the earlier books in the series. (While reading them all in order is not a must, as Abramson provides sufficient detail for "newbies" to catch up on what they need to know, I do indeed recommend reading them all, as this is absolutely the best gay mystery series to come along in at least a decade!) As always, the writing takes you to the Castro instantly, and you can almost smell the sourdough bread! Five perfect stars out of five.
- Bob Lind, Echo Magazine

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