The Happy Hollisters at Mystery Mountain, Vol. 5

by Jerry West

Other authorsHelen S. Hamilton (Illustrator)
Paperback, 2011

Status

Available

Call number

322.4

Genres

Publication

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (2011), 188 pages

Description

The Hollisters visit the ranch of an old friend of Mr. Hollister in New Mexico. They set out to find the lost cave of the ancient doll makers on Mystery Mountain and end up solving the mystery of who has been stealing sheep from the local ranchers.

User reviews

LibraryThing member Cheryl_in_CC_NV
Seriously? Maybe an innocent & ignorant child would like the page-turning adventure, but this corny book is implausible, sexist, and culturally insensitive. I'm sure the author meant well, as he does have let the girls have adventures, and does 'teach' the reader about 'Mexican customs.' But if the
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book weren't short, I'd not have finished it.

I think the worst part is the way the kids keep getting into scrapes, and are still allowed by their parents to take even bigger risks the next day. Oh, it's ok to get up in the middle of the night and wander away from camp - even though you got kidnapped you did fool the bad guys and so it's all good now. Um, no. Bad guys irl are not so easily fooled....

Tell you what. If you live in the US and have fond memories of this book, I'll ship it to you gratis. Then we can see if you still like it as much as you remember. Send me a PM. If you don't, I'll have to throw it away - I don't want to wild release it via bookcrossing and inflict it on some unsuspecting modern child.
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LibraryThing member jbarr5
The Happy Hollisters at Mystery Mountain: (Volume 5) by Jerry West
This story follows the family as they have left the Indians in New Mexico and there is a lead to a friend of the dad and they locate him and go to visit on his ranch.
They soon learn there is a bully in the area and he harms the kids.
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There are also sheep rustlers and we get to experience the rains. Like learning some Spanish words and what they mean.
The kids have found other kids visiting relatives and they have a book that explains where to find the mystery in the mountain. They are warned to stay away from the mountain areas.
Love the caretaker on the ranch who can predict weather and it's usually ONLY ever good to go fishing. Love learning more about sheep, so cool facts!
Kids love doing that also! So many dangerous things but it doesn't stop the kids at all. Love the plane rides!
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Language

Original language

English

Physical description

8 inches

ISBN

1463658230 / 9781463658236

UPC

884583105945

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