Mystery in Rocky Mountain National Park: A Mystery Adventure in the National Parks Paperback – Import, 22 May 2022

I bought this book to give to my granddaughter, but I wanted to read it first, and couldn’t put it down! It’s very well written, and the element of real places and real history make it extra special. I just finished it and ordered the other books in the series to continue the mystery! I am looking forward to hearing when more in the series are published. Well done!

My 11 year old is an avid reader. We picked this up for him. He read it in a day. Said he loved it, "especially the 1880s parts." Then he said that the author was tricky because he makes it so that you "have" to buy the next book. I asked why. He said it's because each subsequent book has clues to solving the mystery. Long story short, he then asked if we could buy the next book!

I loved this book so much. My son is a rising 4th grader so I got it for him. I’m also a teacher so I started to read it and was hooked! This book is very well written and keeps your attention with each chapter. This would be great addition to a 5th grade library or for a higher reading group to get fluency practice and comprehension. You can also go to the website of the series and the author has a vocabulary list to go with each book to help you out with tier 2 or 3 words. Take my word get it and I bet you yourself will read it and not put it down. Also it has more information about the real places they visit in the book in the back!

I ordered this book for our 10 year old grandaughter. While visiting her, I read it myself and then her mother read it. We LOVED IT! Our family has been visiting the YMCA of The Rockies, outside of Estes Park CO for more than 50 years every-other summer. We loved the adventures of the children in the book as they went to the places we have visited. We delighted in their adventures. The shift in time periods from present day to the Rocky Mountain past was also great. We got to read about many of the historic mountain men we have heard so much about. Great plot, great adventure, positive character traits for kids to read. I highly recommend this book and expect all the books in the series to be as good as this one. I would encourage you to purchase this book and read along with your children. Or, treat yourself and get your own book! :-)

I started reading the first three chapters to my 5th grade son, thinking that I would pass it on to him to finish, since we always have so many books I want to read aloud. I ended up reading the entire book to three of our kids. Aaron Johnson did such a fabulous job writing a book that is so natural and easy to read aloud, which is not true of many books. The story jumps between modern-day and 1880 in the Estes Park area, which gives it a time travel feel to it. I loved the relationships between the kids and between the grown-ups and kids in the story. There is respect shown both ways and the kids are given responsibility and independence. My kids (ages 6-12) were excited to sit down and hear me read the book each time, and when I asked if they wanted another chapter, they would always say yes!We have bought all three books (birthday presents for the almost 10-year-old at his request), and I am considering reading all of them out loud because it's such an interesting story and I'd like to see where it goes. I highly recommend this book. It's refreshing to have a well-written book to hand my upper elementary/middle school kids---or to read aloud to them.