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Written on May 16, 2021
Will Maddie, Pilot, Cornelius, and Carly have a great summer while solving two crimes?
The Gang
Maddie, Cornelius, Pilot, and Carly finished up their sophomore year and looked forward to a relaxing summer vacation. Well, as relaxing as one can be when you are these four teenage detectives. A lot happens this summer. Maddie starts dating and maybe figuring out some things between her and Cornelius. Pilot gets better looking and is still in love with Carly. Carly is, of course, still in love with Pilot and is always the one that comes up with something that the others never thought about, especially for cases. Cornelius is figuring out his feelings for Maddie while also not knowing about her starting to date anyone. These four are definitely fun to read about as they remind me of the Scooby-Doo gang, Nancy Drew, and of course, the Hardy Boys. I love seeing how they've grown from the freshmen that we saw in the first book to these confident sixteen-year-olds trying to enjoy as much time as they have left together.
The Mystery
Of course, the mysteries are what brings us to these four teenage sleuths. Since the start of the summer and even before then, Maddie's dad kept having parts stolen from his shop. This summer, though, it just keeps on happening and getting worse each time. On the Fourth of July, they had a little girl get kidnapped from her home. So, the Asbury Police Department tried to get the little girl back to her parents from that point on. Everyone thought that this foursome would be able to do it pretty fast, but they had no clue even for them. I had no clue who did it, but as we got closer to the end, I remembered something, and it all clicked on the missing kid but not about the missing pieces from a car repair place. It's a great mystery that kept me guessing to the end.
Five Stars
Asbury High and the Kidnapper's Drive by Kelly Brady Channick is another well-written book that just had me guessing from the beginning. I love reading about Maddie, Cornelius, Pilot, and Carly's latest adventures, and I can't wait for the next book. The mysteries that Ms. Channick does for each new installment get better every time. The one thing that I love about this series that reminds me of Scooby-Doo, Nancy Drew, and even the Hardy Boys is that it makes you think with the sleuths and trying to remember all the clues that get handed to you. Along with piecing them together to come up with something plausible, especially for a whodunit. I love books, or in the case of Scooby-Doo, the first series of it, that takes a teenage sleuth or sleuths and have them solve a case while also dealing with their own problems. Like going to school, practice, or just for a run to try to clear the cobwebs. This is especially true if it helps kids put on their thinking caps to figure it out with the sleuths instead of just looking at their cell phones all the time.
On that note, I'm giving Asbury High, and the Kidnapper's Drive by Kelly Brady Channick FIVE stars for a rating, and I'm recommending it to anyone out there that likes to read about some teenage sleuths.
Other Books in Series
This series is available on Kindle Unlimited.
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