While spending a week with her father in the north Idaho mountains, fourteen-year-old Crystal stumbles into a kids mystery adventure as she helps uncover a fraudulent plot involving an abandoned gold mine...
Crystal’s Solid Gold Discovery, Book 2, another kids mystery adventure in the Crystal Blake Adventures series by Stephen and Janet Bly
While spending a week with her father in the north Idaho mountains, fourteen-year-old Crystal stumbles into a kids mystery adventure as she helps uncover a fraudulent plot involving an abandoned gold mine.
When Crystal Blake discovers the deserted gold mine, she decides to explore. But if it’s deserted, why is there a helicopter landing pad beside it? And why is smoke coming from the smokestack? Maybe Crystal’s plan of a quiet week of vacation in rural Idaho, learning to ride her new horse, and getting to know handsome Shawn Sorensen better, won’t happen quite like she expected. Meanwhile, she discovers a burlap bag buried in the middle of a field. When she carefully cuts into it, not sure what she’ll find inside, she realizes It’s not squishy at all. What spills out is heavy, metal, very old, and very broken. She and her dad try to solve the mystery as she wonders what weird thing is happening with Shawn.
Excerpt from kids mystery adventure Crystal’s Solid Gold Discovery:
“Don’t tell Stephanie about Shawn, because she’ll tell Sheila Edwards right away, and I want to tell her myself. And if you see Mr. Pellner, tell him I’ll be out for volleyball practice as soon as I get home.” Crystal took a breath before continuing her last-minute instructions as Megan’s flight to California began boarding. “And …”
“Whoa!” Megan said as she grabbed her carry-on bag and headed to the gate. “I’ve got to go.”
Crystal waved, and suddenly Megan was gone. The jet taxied down the runway as fourteen-year-old Crystal and her dad left the parking lot. “We’ll, it’s just you and me kid,” Mr. Blake remarked with a sideways smile.
“You and me and Caleb, ” Crystal added, trying to cheer herself up. With her best friend Megan gone, there’s be just she and her dad for one more week in Idaho. And her new prize. The wonder of it all hit Crystal again. She was truly the owner of her very own horse.
