Mayflower Treasure Hunt

A to Z Mysteries: Super Edition #2

by Ron Roy

Mayflower Treasure Hunt (A to Z Mysteries)

Genres: Mystery, Fiction, Chapter Books, Childrens, Thanksgiving, 2nd Grade, Holiday

144 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Ron Roy has been writing books for children since 1974. He is the author of dozens of books, including the popular A to Z Mysteries®, Calendar Mysteries, and Capital Mysteries. When not working on a new book, Ron likes to teach tricks to his dog Pal, play poker with friends, travel, and read thrilling mystery books.

Reviews

[Gabe]

Aaaaaaawwwwwwweeeeeessssssssssssoooooooooooooooommmmmmmmmmmmmeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[Danielle Janzen]

Cute little Thanksgiving mystery. We learned about the mayflower while trying to solve a mystery. Great early reader - my son will definitely read more from this series.

[Heidi Ostergaard]

The kids enjoyed the twist. It would be a good thanksgiving mystery read.

[Moonkiszt]

Featured in last grandma reads session of 2020.

We finished this book today - it had a nifty mystery about a theft on the Mayflower, and these kid detectives solved it, of course. It was a longish read, attention wandered now and again. It was helpful to have a word puzzle involved - they'd have to look for letters in the pictures shown in order to parse out a sentence by the book's end. This was easily done by our crew.

They liked the book, but are on the fence about reading anymore from the series. We will let it rest and revisit that thought in 2021.

[Leslie Savisky]

Ron Roy's A to Z Mysteries are fun and easy to read for young people, but not boring for us adults. My daughter (who is seven) and I enjoy reading these together. She has recently transitioned into chapter books. Anyway, this wasn't my favorite. I did find it rather predictable, as did my daughter. And Dink, Josh and Ruth Rose make some not-so-great choices in this one - like going on a ferry without telling an adult and then hiding in the Mayflower. Anyway, 4 stars because I really do like these books and Roy keeps them fun and exciting. Also, the Mayflower Treasure Hunt also has a surprise, where readers need to find hidden letters to make out a sentence at the end of the book - bonus fun for kids!

[Damiani]

I would recommend the series A to Z Mysteries, but especially The Mayflower Treasure Hunt because their are so many weird and cool things in the book. The main character was Dink. He was my favorite character because he was curious. I think the author Ron Roy made this book to persuade the reader and would recommend this book to people that like to read mystery books. The surprising part of the book was where the necklace was. I would not change the ending or anything because the book had a lot of plot twist.

[Kim]

Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are in Massachusetts for a Thanksgiving get together with family and friends. While there they visit the Mayflower II, visit a Plimouth Plantation, visit a museum about the early settlers, and solve a mystery pertaining to a stolen necklace that happened on the original Mayflower.

This new series has a new feature, the reader has to find hidden letters in the pictures to solve the riddle at the end of the book. We as a family has fun reading and searching for the letters.

[Ribbon]

The kids set out to solve a four hundred(ish) year old crime while on their inexplicably long Thanksgiving break. This is my first A to Z Mystery and I found it about as predictable as I expected from a kids mystery book. I identified the bad guy within a couple sentences of introduction, as well as the "sneaky twist." Exploring historical locations with a replica Mayflower and reenactment actors all over the place was a little spooky.

[Kaia]

My son and I have enjoyed most of the mysteries in this series, but this one we did not like that much. The plot is especially unbelievable and predictable, and the kids make more poor choices than usual (taking a ferry to another town without telling anyone, giving out personal details to strangers, etc.).

[L.E. Fidler]

Fiona: 4.5 stars...I thought this one had more action and things happening in it than the last one.

Regan: 3 stars. Maybe 4. It had some unexpected parts for once but they called the Wampanoag “Indians”...

Liam: 1 Star. I’m sorry. I just...didn’t really like it much.

[Elina]

Nice book love it actually. But who would want a priceless necklace. But the person who dug it. Drew a map were it was hidden so they new were it was hidden so they found. And somebody was following them who could it be and why reD the book to find out.

[Tara]

I like how facts about the Mayflower were sprinkled in with the mystery. This is a fun mystery.

[Debbie]

So much fun to read with kids!

[Heather]

This was my first A to Z Mystery. It was okay, for a 3rd grade book. But there were at least two glaring errors in the story, which for a 9 year old isn't a big deal.

[GheenGirls]

Turtle: okay

[aem]

The trio search for possible treasure stolen on the Mayflower

[Bookworm Nina]

A cute educational children's book about the Mayflower and the first settlers in Plymouth Massachusetts. Plymouth is a very important location for me personally, so this book hit true to my heart.

[Noelani]

3 3/4 stars given by 8 year old.

[Jen]

Cute book- held my second grade student’s attention. Students are now obsessed with this series.

[Amber]

My kids loved this one!

[Amy Torcaso]

Easy story about the Pilgrims and the Mayflower. Cool
Mystery within the setting of Plymouth. I am enjoying this series and realize it’s a good one to recommend to my lower reading level students.

[shemah]

#2024

[Anna Wyss]

Cute book read with my son. I was not expecting the old woman to be the man at the museum

[Cj Otaw]

Enjoyed it for what it was. Good break from the heavy readings.

[Kimberly Lou]

Another solid mystery that my 7yo and I enjoyed reading together.

[Miranda]

Read aloud with my boys. They loved it, especially since we paired it with videos from the museum in Plymouth, MA so they had a better understanding of the historical context.

[Lark]

Driving to school with Daphne and Phoebe

[Jessie Clough]

Read with 3rd grade reading group

[Hannah Boyd]

It’s kinda embarrassing to say but I couldn’t find all the hidden letters😭 cute read tho

[Vidyuth Gowtham]

I like this book