The Fossil Hunter of Sydney Mines

Thirteen-year-old Grace already has too much going on -- grieving over her father's mysterious death, dealing with her distraught mother's erratic parenting, and evading her creepy nosy neighbour, Mr. Stuckless, just for starters. She and her friends Fred, Mai Ling, and Jeeter like to get away from it all by hunting for fossils near their secret hideaway, the abandoned mine they've nicknamed The Black Hole. But when Grace receives a strange note regarding her father's death, it sets off a chain of events that sees Grace and her friends turning into detectives to solve the mystery behind his suspicious disappearance. As the clues and suspects start piling up and the investigation becomes more and more dangerous, Grace and her friends find themselves racing against time through treacherous sinkholes and abandoned mine shafts to figure out what really happened to her father.

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average rating is 5 out of 5

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The Fossil Hunters of Sydney Mines

The Fossil Hunters of Sydney Mines
By: Jo Ann Yhard

Grace is a fossil loving teen who lives in Sydney Mines Nova Scotia. While growing up Grace has gone on multiple fossil hunting trips with her dad all over the province. On Graces birthday her dad had to leave her celebration early to do an errand at one of the mines he worked at. As she patiently waited for him, unwanted visitors came to the house. The police were there to deliver shocking news, Graces dad is dead! The police explained to the family that her dad’s car drove off a cliff into the ocean, Grace is thrown into a spiral of sadness and confusion. Three months after the tragedy, Grace calls an emergency meeting with her childhood friends, Mai and Fred, as well as her new buddy Jeeter. The meeting was held in one of the abandoned mines, a hideout they call, The Black Hole. Grace was eager to share what she got at school that day. She found a little slip of paper in her locker. It read, “It wasn’t an accident”! This gets Grace and her friends to dig deeper into her dad’s death, but being detectives isn’t an easy task. As the suspects on the list begin to pile up and clues start pointing in multiple directions, the gang of truth seekers begin to get into more and more dangerous situations. Will this gang of friends find the truth or get lost in the dangerous pursuit?
I really enjoyed this murder mystery book and how difficult it was to figure out who did it? I also really liked how the author talked about a few great places to go fossil hunting, including our own Joggins which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. I couldn’t put this book down, I was hooked! I rate this book a 5/5 stars.

I recommend this book.

Julia

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Newfoundland

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Amazing book

Hey y’all! I am so happy to say that I finished another freebook entitled The Fossil Hunter Of Sydney Mines by Jo Ann Yhard given to me from digitally Lit and Nimbus Publishing. This book follows our main character Grace, who is a spunky 13 year old with a passion for local mines thanks to her father, but when someone gives her a note about her dad, she must put on her detective hat to find out the real story of how he died.

I would classify this book as a fun mystery book and the language is definitely made for 8-12 years old. This book is set in Sydney, Nova Scotia which is a urban community in Cape Breton. I liked this book because I was able to connect with the setting which I think is an important part of storytelling.

I really liked this book even though I don’t usually read mystery books. I found the characters, plot , and setting very memorable! Although I found the dialect hard to follow at times.
I rate this book ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5

I recommend this book.