Moodie, Craig Into the Trap

Moodie, Craig     Into the Trap     

 Roaring Brook Press see macmillan children's pub      2011  199p  16.99 978-1-59643-585-8     ms    VG    Mystery/Detective  

Action suffuses this mystery of who stole the lobsters from Eddie’s father’s holding area. A summer camp nerd and Eddie meet by chance and join forces  to capture the thieves. Full of sailing/boating/fishing facts that will be please teen boys. Gr 5-8.    Eddie wants to be a lobsterman just like his father and grandfather. With his dad in the hospital from a mild injury, Eddie realizes he must do the sleuthing to find out who is stealing their lobsters and their livelihood. A short distance away, a wealthy, slightly nerdy teenage boy, Briggs, is being harassed at a summer sailing camp. He decides to steal a sailboat and leave the camp in an attempt to go to the mainland and return home. His sailing skills are less than skillful and he becomes marooned in a cove. On a fishing trip, Eddie encounters Briggs as well as the thieves who are stealing lobsters. The boys decide to help each other when Briggs reveals that the lobster thieves are the ones harassing him. With humor, the disparate lives of the boys are revealed. Even with their differences, they bond easily and experience harsh seas, intense pursuit and ultimately a face-to-face duel with the thieves. With the story set in a short 24 hour period, the action is nonstop and filled with sailing and fishing facts. This book will surely appeal to any boy or girl who would rather be on water than land. While some of the events may strain reality, the reader becomes swept up into this fast-paced mystery/adventure. Grades 5-8.                Action/Adventure Stories      Lois McNicol