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  • Walnut Street: Phantom Rider (The Botanic Hill Detectives Mysteries Book 3)

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Walnut Street: Phantom Rider (The Botanic Hill Detectives Mysteries Book 3) Kindle Edition

by Sherrill Joseph (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.4 out of 5 stars (20)

♥ MG Book of the Year--The Golden Boar Awards; Juvenile Fiction--The Firebird Awards

★ "The perfect combination of suspense and charm." --Amazon Reader's Review

Kids, get ready to meet the Phantom Rider!

Objects of value have been disappearing from the Mayfield family’s rural California horse ranch. The Botanic Hill Detectives—Moki Kalani, Rani Kumar, and twins Lanny and Lexi Wyatt—are hired to come for a week to investigate.

Legend has it somewhere on the Mayfields’ forty-acre property is a long-lost gold mine. It was supposedly staked by thirteen-year-old Ben Mayfield’s five-time great-grandfather, Aloysius “Papa” Mayfield, in 1875.

Adding to the excitement, a nervous Ben reveals a frightening secret to the detectives. At the ranch, he alone has seen a threatening black-clad figure on horseback whom he calls the Phantom Rider. Who is this mysterious person? Is he responsible for the thefts? Where is the lost gold mine? And what’s going on in the nearby, snake-infested ghost town of Rainbow Flats? The four intrepid detectives aim to find out.
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  1. Reading age
    9 - 12 years
  2. Book 3 of 7
    The Botanic Hill Detectives Mysteries
  3. Print length
    210 pages
  4. Language
    English
  5. Accessibility
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  6. Publication date
    October 6, 2021
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"A well-crafted mystery set against a background of rich descriptions of desert geography and wildlife, as well as life on a working horse ranch. Sherrill Joseph has once again woven an engaging story with high-level vocabulary, history, and middle grade characters who all learn more about the world, each other, and themselves."--LAURA FINDLEY EVANS, author of the middle grade fantasy True North"Our four feisty mystery solvers venture away from Botanic Hill to team up with some unexpected new friends and face new foes. Sharpen your sleuthing skills if you want to keep up with these teen detectives!"--JANET R. MACREERY, author of A Little Noble

"Saddle up and get ready for the thrilling ride of your life as you gallop through the action-packed pages of Walnut Street: Phantom Rider!"--LAURIE BUCHANAN, author of the Sean McPherson novels
"'Giddly-up' and join the Botanic Hill Detectives at the Gold Mine Acres Ranch. Middle grade readers will love spending time chasing the Phantom Rider through the pages as they try to identify the unknow horseman and locate Papa Mayfield's legendary gold mine before it's too late. An exciting mystery, thought-provoking historical facts, and clever vocabulary make this book an entertaining read from cover to cover."--BARB HUSTON, 3rd grade teacher, Arrowwood Elementary School, Saginaw, MI

"This is one of my new favorite series! Following along and keeping track of the clues were really fun for me. When I got done with a chapter and saw the title of the next one, I just needed to keep reading!"--MAKENZIE S., 4th grader, Saginaw, MI

"This book was like a roller coaster. It went slowly as characters were being developed. But, my gosh. When it hit the action, it was FAST and exciting! There were so many loops and turns that kept me guessing."--BRIAN P., 4th grader, Saginaw, MI

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The author patterned her detectives after her fifth graders and young twin cousins to be mature, smart, polite role models for her readers.

She thinks kids rock and wishes they ran the world!

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09HZHBLH4
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Acorn Publishing
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 6, 2021
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 7.6 MB
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 210 pages
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Book 3 of 7 ‏ : ‎ The Botanic Hill Detectives Mysteries
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 9 - 12 years
  • Best Sellers Rank: #765,895 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 out of 5 stars (20)

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Select BOOK AWARDS for The Botanic Hill Detectives Mysteries Series:

Mom's Choice Book Awards Honoring Excellence--Gold (2)

Moonbeam Children's Book Awards--Gold (2)

Story Monsters Approved Book Awards--First Place (2)

American Book Fest Best Book Award--Winner for Children's Fiction

Independent Publisher Book Awards--Gold

American Fiction Award--Winner for Pre-Teen Fiction

Teachers, download the author's FREE BOOK STUDY GUIDE for Nutmeg Street at https://sherrilljoseph.com/resources/.

Sherrill Joseph was a shy kid whose friends came mainly from books. Her hero Nancy Drew taught her to seek adventures and help people near home. Convinced early on that she was an architect in a former life, Sherrill was receptive to the magic of her Southern California neighborhood's historic Craftsman and Spanish houses. To this day, she still dramatizes those old "castles," filling them with mysteries and exaggerated occurrences. Once retired in 2013 from teaching kids for thirty-five years, the child in Sherrill created the award-winning Botanic Hill Detectives Mysteries series so other children could gallop with her and her four sleuths down dusty passageways and climb endlessly winding staircases after clues to capture the bad guys and solve the mystery at hand. Please come join them and their standalone adventures!

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The Botanic Hill Detectives Mystery series are so much fun! Each book is the perfect combination of suspense and charm. I purchased The Walnut Street Phantom Rider for our Little Free Library. Sherrill's books are always picked up quickly by our neighborhood readers. I love that Sherrill included ‘Recipes From The Ranch’ at the end of the book. I might try the recipe for Mrs. Mayfield and Catherine’s Delectable Cowgirl Cookies first. Yum.
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  • Jessica
    4.0 out of 5 stars Walnut Street: Phantom Rider
    Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2021
    Format: Paperback
    Walnut Street: Phantom Rider by Sherrill Joseph is another great addition to this middle grade detective series. Now that I’ve read these books, I’m going to introduce my niece and nephew to them. They are the perfect age for this endearing, clean, and fun mystery!

    But this isn’t just for kids! As an adult, I absolutely enjoyed this. There’s historical facts to allow the reader to learn something new while enjoying the adventure of this story as well.

    The theme of getting back up when you fall down is an important lessen for everyone. I love the positivity and life lessons. The characters are excellent and I really enjoyed the mystery plot as well. Overall, great read! Check it out!

    Thank you to R&R Book Tours for the free review copy. All opinions are my own and unbiased.
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  • Emile Bourquin
    5.0 out of 5 stars Loved this book!
    Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2022
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    The Botanic Hill Detectives Mystery series are so much fun! Each book is the perfect combination of suspense and charm. I purchased The Walnut Street Phantom Rider for our Little Free Library. Sherrill's books are always picked up quickly by our neighborhood readers.

    I love that Sherrill included ‘Recipes From The Ranch’ at the end of the book. I might try the recipe for Mrs. Mayfield and Catherine’s Delectable Cowgirl Cookies first. Yum.
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    Emile Bourquin
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    Loved this book!

    Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2022
    The Botanic Hill Detectives Mystery series are so much fun! Each book is the perfect combination of suspense and charm. I purchased The Walnut Street Phantom Rider for our Little Free Library. Sherrill's books are always picked up quickly by our neighborhood readers.

    I love that Sherrill included ‘Recipes From The Ranch’ at the end of the book. I might try the recipe for Mrs. Mayfield and Catherine’s Delectable Cowgirl Cookies first. Yum.
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  • Sarah Ickes
    2.0 out of 5 stars While the plot is interesting enough, there are too many blantantly unrealistic issues for me
    Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2024
    Format: Paperback
    While the book does have an interesting plot, I found some things that were blatant to my eyes. For instance, the kids are zooming in with a tudor for their homework classes, but they don’t have cellphones for when they go exploring over 40 acres of ranch land without an adult present. Even if there was no reception, it isn’t even mentioned until page 166. That is a safety issue, because even though the thirteen or fourteen-year-old guide knows the terrain, along with his ten-year-old sister, they are kids without walkie-talkies or the radio or anything.

    The adults leave them go into town on horses they aren’t familiar with, that is along a mountain trail and leads to a road where cars usually drive on. Yes, the townspeople know two of them from the ranch, but again, no way to call for help and four of the kids are there to do the detective work, so the responsibility for their lives is on the adults who are over 25 minutes away. Especially when they think that someone might be driving them off their land, why don’t they have a way to get ahold of someone?

    There are only two ranch hands to tend to a forty acre spread with multiple horses and an apple orchard during the fall? (Which happens to be picking season) While the great aunt is there, it is difficult to believe that everything is accomplished by two hands, who have two days off in a row. Who feeds the horses then? The family who owns it only visits twice a week and during their saddle club rides, since they work and go to school in the city.

    Then, knowing that a dangerous wild animal is in the area, the kids go camping a mile away from where it attacked, in tents with no weapons of any kind for protection with their chaperone; a chaperone who doesn’t work at the ranch and doesn’t know the area. I gave up and skipped to the end to see who it was after the parents allowed them to travel on horseback to a ghost town with a serious storm looming in the sky. They didn’t return until after rain and strong winds were hitting them on the way home and the parents were just chilling in the bunkhouse, waiting for them to come back.

    The irony is that the parents complained that they were the adults and should know what is going on, and yet, they are the ones letting other people’s kids roam around wild-lands without a means of communication in the current world.

    On a positive note, the cover does clearly represent what happens in the story, and the influence of Nancy Drew is nicely notable.
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  • A. David Becker
    4.0 out of 5 stars Great MG Mystery and All of the Nostalgia
    Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2021
    Format: Paperback
    This book was so much fun! It totally had Nancy Drew Vibes although it is set in more modern times. Reading this book felt nostalgic in all of the best ways. I really enjoyed each of the main characters and seeing them interact with one another as well as with the rest of the story. They were smart, insightful, playful kids, but they were empathetic and kind. I really, really just loved them.

    The story itself was a really enjoyable adventure. It was twistier than I expected, and I was fully invested in both the characters and the mystery itself. I did not call the ending which doesn’t always happen in MG stories. Overall, this book was sweet, exciting, and the kind of nostalgic adventure that makes me want to read more. I am definitely looking for more of this series to read with my kids.

    Thanks so much to @rrbooktours and @sherrilljosephauthor for the review copy!
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  • Sarah Woodhouse
    5.0 out of 5 stars A Fantastic Rip Roaring Ride!!!
    Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2021
    Format: Paperback
    Another wonderful addition to this truly endearing detective series. Every book is another charm on the bracelet. I love how Sherrill uses something from history to imbue knowledge to the next generation. I myself am an avid reader and I love learning something new. I learn so much from each book and I find that incredibly refreshing. Kids and adults alike will love reading this and every book in the series.

    This one especially has a few of my favorite things: horses, cowboys, ghost towns, stories from the old west, brave and heroic lawmen, and of course gold! I really wish I could go visit this place. It sounds like it would be an incredible adventure all on it's own. However, being transported there in this book is the next best thing. I love the incredible feel of family from this group. That no matter where you're at, you're not alone. And that creates just this warm and delightful feeling. I cannot wait for my niece and nephews to get older so that I can give them these books. They remind me so much of Encyclopedia Brown and Nate the Great. Yes, I know I am dating myself but seriously though, I am so happy that kids these days have something that brings the wonder of mystery and the ability to also learn important life lessons from it to this day and age.

    I also love how this book brings to life those unsung heroes that have not gotten their own page in history. The ability to fall off the horse and then get right back up is such an important lesson literally and physically. It's in the struggle that we bloom. I absolutely adore these books and I recommend them for everyone. They fill the heart and the mind with knowledge and goodwill.
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