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Reviewed by Emily-Jane Hills Orford for Readers' Favorite
Sam and Ally are best friends. They have a passion for a good mystery, or at least Sam does. And they seem quite good at managing to get themselves into predicaments whenever encountering a new mystery. After having just solved one mystery, the girls are excited to have another summer adventure, this time at Camp Whispering Pines.
From the moment they arrive, Sam and Ally seem to be singled out as difficult campers. Sam particularly is quickly framed and blamed for an infraction of the rules and ends up doing kitchen duty, then suffering a day in the isolation cabin with her friend Ally. Just when they think things couldn't get any more strange, the girls stumble upon the source of the mystery and the reason why they are being framed. Who can they trust? Are the new friends who share the cabin in on the plot to frame them and have them expelled from the camp? Or is there someone else lurking in the background? And how do they prove their innocence and that there are evil doings afoot?
The Secret of Camp Whispering Pines is the second book (and second mystery) in Tara Ellis' Samantha Wolf mystery series. Although the book stands alone reasonably well, a little more back story on the first mystery would help the reader who's reading Book 2 without having read Book 1. There is lots of action, exciting dialogue, strong relationships between friends, and well executed sleuthing. Although there are times when the verb tenses change back and forth from past to present, sometimes confusing the reader, the story reads quite well. Overall, this is an exciting mystery for young readers.
