<p>Five young friends (two girls, three boys) live on Jackpine Point on the shore of the Big Lake and have funny but thought-provoking adventures. In this second of the Jackpine Point Adventures series, narrator David Malloy gets caught in an apparent spy ring when the Pointers enter the Winter Fun Frolic on the frozen Bell Harbor Bay. The grand prize is a cherry-red snowmobile which they plan to own jointly and paint "Official Jackpine Point Snowmobile" on the side (or if that's too long, just "J.P."). Their chief competitors are the high-class team from Diamond Hill. Each of the five Pointers has a favorite event and tries to get the others to spend all their time practicing for it--Snowball Slow Pitch, B'Icicle Race, Snowshoe Sprints, Singin'-in-the-Snow, and the major event: the Ice Sculpture Contest. Then somebody sends a mysterious message saying "SABOTAGE." Other messages keep showing up, all in the shape of a diamond. Is it a warning? A trick? Or something else entirely?</p>

Ice Festival (Jackpine Point Adventures) (A Jackpine Point Adventure Series, Vol 2)

Children's Books

Larsen, Sandy

Taylor, Wanda

Mysteries & Detectives

Merritt Park Pr

Five young friends (two girls and three boys) live on Jackpine Point on the shore of the Big Lake and have funny but thought-provoking adventures.  In this second of the Jackpine Point Adventures series, narrator David Malloy can't wait for the big canoe fishing trip. His friends who live on the Point feel the same way. But what could be worse than finding out the most obnoxious and annoying person at Bell Harbor Middle School is coming along?  What could be worse happens on the second day of the trip, when Most Obnoxious and Annoying Person disappears.  The five Pointers reluctantly go on a search party. The problems they meet include bugs, rain, cold, a cedar swamp, a strange cabin, weird laughter, a compass nobody knows how to use, and a canoe that unties itself from the dock. David has been meaning to work on his perseverance, but couldn't perseverance be a little easier?

Something's Fishy (Jackpine Point Adventure, 4)

Sandy Larsen

Literature & Fiction

<p>From School Library Journal      Grade 4-6-In this fourth book in the series, the five youngsters who call themselves the Jackpine Pointers are hoping to participate in the Lighthouse Pageant. David, the narrator, is competing with Dillon for the starring role of the lighthouse keeper. Dillon gets the part and David spends most of the book contemplating vengeance against him. The friends meet a mysterious stranger who is more knowledgeable about a local tragedy than the members of the Historical Society. Who is he? What happened at the Bell Harbor Lighthouse so many years ago? These are the mysteries floating through this adventure story like driftwood on a lake. Some of them are resolved in a satisfactory manner, but others are not. The subplot about the stranger is interesting but concluded too hastily. The bits about the town's bickering committees and the ill-fated pageant are weak and distracting. The underlying theme appears to be that vengeance is better left to the Lord, but this seems more like an afterthought than a unifying theme.Rita Hunt Smith, Hershey Public Library, PA Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.      Product description      Grade 4-6-In this fourth book in the series, the five youngsters who call themselves the Jackpine Pointers are hoping to participate in the Lighthouse Pageant. David, the narrator, is competing with Dillon for the starring role of the lighthouse keeper. Dillon gets the part and David spends most of the book contemplating vengeance against him. The friends meet a mysterious stranger who is more knowledgeable about a local tragedy than the members of the Historical Society. Who is he? What happened at the Bell Harbor Lighthouse so many years ago? These are the mysteries floating through this adventure story like driftwood on a lake.</p>

The Dark Lighthouse (Jackpine Point Adventure, 4)

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