This is a fast-paced chapter book designed to help early readers enjoy reading stories of adventures and faith. It includes color drawings, humor, and lots of action and fun. Set on a sheep ranch in Montana, the four children ride horses, help with the ranch work, swim at their favorite swimming hole, and find the answers to their own heart needs in this lively, fun book.
Told from both DJ and Misti's viewpoints, this book encourages early readers and reluctant readers, both boys and girls, to enjoy the fun and adventure of reading while learning about ranch life in Montana and many other things.
There was only one thing the four cousins could agree on — they don’t like the plans their parents made for the summer.
DJ and Misti, who live on a sheep ranch in NE Montana, dread having to babysit their cousins from the big city during their summer break, and Victoria and Leroy, from Cincinnati, Ohio, hate the thought of a boring six weeks on a ranch in Montana while their parents go to France.
But they all get a big surprise in the Mystery of the Moaning Mine as they explore an abandoned silver mine and find puzzling clues that include weird noises from the mine, a missing doll that reappears and then disappears again, an uncovered well, an old wallet, and a nasty neighbor who makes life difficult.
When the four young detectives set out to discover the secret in the mine, they have a surprise waiting for them, and what they do next will take them deeper into trouble. They feel they must solve the mystery, free the country from the crooks who are terrorizing it, and convince the sheriff that they have seen something incredible at the bottom of the mine.
DJ, Misti, and their cousins, Vicky and Rowdy (Leroy), learn important life lessons during their adventure, and they emerge with a deeper understanding of God’s care and love, and also how to accept and love those who are different from them.
