The Accidental Detective: Mystery Tribe of Camp Black Eagle

Ricky in horrified to learn that his six year old brother Joel is going to be at camp with him this summer. He can't imagine anything worse then that. Still, he decides to make the best of it and comes up with a few ways to hopefully keep track of Joel. When they arrive at camp, Ricky and his friends find that Joel is the least of their problems. They disregard the warnings about ghosts, but how can they explain the way things keep disappearing? First it's the hatchets and axes. Then Ricky finds his shirt bloodied and stuck to a stump with an arrow sticking out of it. And that's just for starters. What's going on? Will they stay and finish out their week? Or will they head back to Jamesville early?This is an outstanding entry in the kid's mystery series. The plot starts out a little slowly, but in the second half it builds quickly and includes one of the best "ghosts" scenes I have ever read. It truly creeps me out still as an adult, and I know what's going on. This is possibly one of the funniest books in the series as well with Joel constantly outsmarting everyone, even the adults on the trip. And poor Bruce and Jim provide several great laughs as well as they try to get back at Ricky for some pranks they think he's pulled on them. Along the way, a couple important lessons are imparted in a way that feels to be as much a part of the book as the plot and characters.This is a fun book in a fun series that will have you laughing out loud one minute and quickly turning the pages the next. Recommended for any kid or kid at heart who enjoys a good tale told well.

this book is interesting because of the way ghosts show up in the night