Monster in the Mountains

by Anne E. Schraff

When the senior counselors at Camp Roadrunner attempt to frighten the campers--a camp tradition--and something goes wrong, Lauren disappears, and the other two, Carmela and Jeff, must find her before it is too late.

118 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 2002

About the author

Anne Elaine Schraff grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. She received both her bachelor's and master's degrees from California State University at Northridge and taught high school for ten years.

Anne paid her way through college by writing short stories for magazines. Since college she has written hundreds of stories and over eighty books including historical fiction, biographies, science books, and her favorite, fictional books for young people. She is published as both Anne Schraff and Anne E. Schraff.

Her background, which she describes as "multicultural, lower middle-class neighborhood, including African Americans, Mexican Americans, Arab Americans, and Filipino Americans," is her greatest inspiration when writing.

Reviews

[Alejandro Fernandez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Monster in the Mountains by Anne Schraff is one of the most suspenseful books I have ever read. I love to read mystery books and this one is one of the best mystery books I have read. A group of elementary children go to a camp for summer with three counselors, two girls, and one boy. The main characters names are Carmela, Lauren, and Jeff. Carmela one of the leaders in the camp was hoping on meeting a boy there. The three counselors play a game of hoax, which is a prank that they do every year. For this year they were going to scare the kids with a monster called Don Clay. When they achieved there prank it seemed as if they all notice that the monster was reel. What was supposed to be a prank became a disaster when the fake monster was misunderstood for a real monster. The fake monster was elsewhere. The reel monster had taken Carmela with him and she was nowhere to be found! The mystery and journey to find one of the counselors name Carmela begins and the danger of a loose monster on the woods becomes a problem! I loved this book because it shows a lot of mystery in the woods. It is not predictable at all and it kept me reading without being able to put the book down. I would give this book a five out of five!