Key to the treasure

Key to the Treasure is about three siblings who stay with their grandparents for the summer. Each summer, their grandfather tells them the same story about a treasure. One day, the children discover the key to finding the treasure and they work together to solve clues to find the treasure. The main

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idea in this book is solving the mystery. I had mixed feelings about this. One thing that I really liked about the book was that when the children found clues, like the Alphabet code and the cross word puzzle, there was an illustration so I as the reader could solve the clue too. One thing that I did not like about the book was the dialogue. I felt it was outdated. The children said things like "gee" and "phooey" and the dialogue kind of reminded me of a 1950s sitcom, and it seemed like it was trying to force itself to be funny. Although I was not a fan of the dialogue, the book was published in 1966, so the outdate dialogue makes sense.

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