The smugglers treasure: American Girl history Mystery 1

 

Author: Sarah Masters Buckley

Published: Middelton, Wis.: Pleasant Co. Publications c1999

Who is the heroine? -  Elisabet Holder an eleven year old girl, used to having servants who must suddenly learn to work in the family bakery.

Why will I like it? it is suspenseful and the story moves quickly and you get to learn about what it would be like to live in Louisiana during the war of 1812.

Who will like it? girls aged 10 and up, who have some interest in history.

Tell me more: Elisabet is used to being waited on by servants. Then her father is captured by the British and she has to live with her aunt and uncle in New Orleans, where she is forced to live work in a bakery. While there she hears about a hidden treasure, she sets about trying to find it so that she can pay her father’s ransom. The story moves along well and gives the reader a good idea about the time in which it is set. If readers are interested in history this series is particularly good as each contains extra information about the time in which it is set, including a map and pictures .

Other books in this series:

There are 21 other books in this series , these include, Gangsters at the Grand Atlantic, Danger at the Wild West show, Mystery on Skull Island and Trouble at Fort La Pointe. Books in the series are written by different authors and featuring different main characters.
For a look at all the other books in the series click the link below - http://www.goodreads.com/series/67650-american-girl-history-mysteries