Mystery of the Lost Lynx

by Tamra Wight, Carl DiRocco (Illustrator)

Overview

When their favorite campground opens for winter break, Cooper, Packrat, and friends are hoping for a week of snowy fun. But a mysterious lynx kit, a reckless snowmobiler, and a potentially dangerous poacher send them off on a snowy adventure and an exciting chase. Can they solve the mystery and protect the camp’s wildlife from poachers before it’s too late? Author Tamra Wight introduces a new season and new characters in the fifth installment of her popular middle-grade series.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781952143380
Publisher:	Islandport Press
Publication date:	09/26/2022
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	248
File size:	8 MB
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

For twenty-five years, Tamra Wight and her family owned and ran Poland Spring Campground, which provided her with plenty of inspiration for her spirited and exciting fiction. She weaves details from her daily life into her books, drawing on everything from campground chores to unexpected wildlife encounters to inform her writing. She now works as a teaching assistant and lives in Turner, Maine. When Tamra isn't writing, she enjoys wildlife watching, hiking, geo-caching, kayaking, power-walking, and snowshoeing. She can often be found (for those who know where to look) hiding under her “cloak of invisibility,” a huge poncho-shaped camouflage cloth that she uses to disguise herself from passing skunks, coyotes, and foxes.

Editorial Reviews

2022-04-13
The sight of a lynx kitten wearing a collar in the wintry Maine woods catalyzes a host of increasingly dangerous escapades for Cooper, Packrat, and friends.

Fans of aspiring game warden Cooper Wilder and his friend Packrat—whose useful collection of miscellany resides in his jacket’s many pockets—will enjoy following the boys as their attention turns from setting up (with friends Roy and Summer) the premier winter festival at the Wilder family’s campground to learning about a probable fur poacher nearby. When dog-sledder Wynter and her mother show up, the friends are torn between welcoming Wynter and distrusting her mother’s questionable behavior. Warden Kate proves a reliable female role model as each short, accessible chapter skillfully weaves information—including descriptions of lynx habits and laws protecting them, the mechanics of ice-fishing, building a snow fort, the sport of skijoring (which involves being pulled by a dog while wearing cross-country skis), and the difference between legal trapping and illegal poaching—into a suspenseful tale. First-person narrator Cooper’s voice is believable as a young teen who is both daring and mostly responsible—and who is starting to feel a change in his feelings toward his friend Summer. Part of the fun for readers is trying to outguess Cooper’s changing assessments as the clues pile up. Stylized, grayscale spot art is appropriately lighthearted and reassuring. All characters follow a White default.

Snowy fun and suspense Down East. (Mystery. 8-12)

Kirkus Reviews