The Finders Keepers Rule: A Maryellen Mystery (American Girl Beforever)

Lovely family life during the 1950s in Daytona Beach, Florida. Great story and life lessons!

Of the three new American girl mysteries, this is the best mystery: Maryellen and her buddy Davy are walking on the beach when they find a barnacle-encrusted ring buried in the sand. Maryellen thinks it might be treasure from a ship that sank on the Florida coast, her mind full of pirates after seeing Walt Disney's new movie, TREASURE ISLAND. But the kids are really surprised when people start trying to get their hands on the ring.This is actually a better Maryellen story than the original two books. Greene paints the idyllic 50s childhood in bright colors: trips to the beach with no helicopter parents, enjoying time with your best friend, and a reasonably complicated mystery for the kids to solve with a little frisson of danger that isn't too scary for the intended audience. The colorful Daytona Beach scene of the 1950s is also well portrayed, and the story touches on the serious subject of the ownership of artifacts. Not only is a Disney movie mentioned, but it could even be an old-fashioned Disney kids' mystery film like THE STRANGE MONSTER OF STRAWBERRY COVE. Glad to find a Maryellen story I finally enjoyed.

My granddaughter loves American Girl items. The books were a welcome addition to her library.

Book.is very good a great read

This is a nice mystery book for girls. The storyline is well written and the clues all fit quite nicely. Some events were hinted a little bit too much, but it still kept me reading even though I'm over the age recommended. If you love or loved mysteries, then I think you will like this bool as well.

The exciting tale of Mary Ellen and her summer mystery lives up to the classic American Girl Mysteries that we all know and love

It was a good american girl Mystery like all American Girl Mysterys and books.