Autumn 2005 Review:

    This story is about a girl named Vicki who lives behind the seawall of a bay over the restaurant her father runs called Ye Old Seashell Room. The problems that Vicki faces are that there is the head of The Storm Goddess in her restaurant and she believes that there is a secret to this figurehead. For example, she wonders why was it only a head when figure heads were formed from one piece of Timber in the 1800’s?

   But Vicki has even bigger problems. Just as she is starting to discover the secrets of The Storm Goddess, the water from the bay mysteriously disappears. Could these two mysteries be related? And just when Vicki thinks things couldn’t get any more mysterious, a ship called the storm goddess, which was believed to be shipwrecked, is found in the empty bay. Together, with her new best friend Peter, Vicki will uncover the mystery that is The Storm Goddess.

          The quality of this book was unbelievable. Although I know ghost stories do not exist and this book is fiction, this author made it seem somewhat believable. I think that the characters are very likable and certainly interesting.  I mean they definitely don’t have boring lives if such young characters get to go on such an adventure. I think this book is very descriptive and creative for, although its 313 pages, I finished it within 3 days because I could not put it down for a second! I think that this book would best suit middle school students, most likely in the 5^th or 6^th grade. Although I suggest it to those grades, I think that any ages could enjoy this fun-filled adventure. I would recommend this book to anybody looking for adventure. I hope those of you who read it will enjoy it as much as I did!

~ Shoshannah Diehl, grade 8, Boardman Center Middle School