The Buccaneers of St. Frederick Island by Linda Maria Frank – Review by Angela Hayes

The Buccaneers of St. Frederick Island by Linda Maria Frank
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

“….one night last summer at our club house which is just a shack on the beach, we decided to form our own little PI group, that’s Private Investigator. We voted on and accepted our official title, Buccaneers of St.Besillius. Look. You can’t beat our creativity in naming the group. We even researched St. BS. She’s the patron saint of mimes.
As we gathered around the fire, we wrote up a charter including the following:

✔ Each member is sworn to secrecy, under pain of… what? Oh, I don’t know.
✔ All clues are to be shared by everyone.
✔ All communications would be done using our code names. Mine is Sprocket.
✔ Our meeting place would be the old fishing shack on the beach.
We made a list of our code names.
Lily code name Sprocket, all around smarty, leader, that’s me.
Ryan: code name Bletch, general genius.
Frank: code name Wingnut, mechanical genius, and a bit dippy.
Leon: code name Snap Shackle, math genius, can put two and two together.
Amalie: code name Ratchet, electronic surveillance, or just plain snoop, meaning she can use a camera.

And so, the story begins.”

The Buccaneer’s of St. Frederick’s Island by Linda Maria Frank is a book aimed at younger readers- and is a bit of a swashbuckling kids adventure story. There is crime, friendship, history, Catholic school, nuns, priests, drama, danger, mystery, and fun.
We join the young private-eyes as they endeavour to track down who stole the money from the church, that was meant to go to charity. Add some humour, banter, and just a little mayhem- and you get a fun read.

Thank you, Linda Maria Frank!

Reviewed by @angelahayes

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