Review: "A Totally Entertaining Story"
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 31, 2013
This is a really cute mystery story for kids as well as fun-loving adults.  I really enjoyed it and would not hesitate to read it to my grandchildren.  Olivia and her dog Honey, a Great Dane, are at the school where Olivia and others are decorating a hall and Christmas tree for the upcoming holidays.  Honey growls at Mr. Jones, the school gardener, as he carries a box of ornaments into the room to be placed on the tree by the women.  There is something about the old man that bothers Honey.  All the volunteers brought their dogs, and Suka, a Siberian Husky, was the know-it-all of the dogs.  She shares with Honey that she knows all the school kids are also fearful of Mr. Jones, thinking he was creepy.  Inside the box is a round ball that Olivia places aside as there is no hanger attached to suspend it upon the tree.  But there is a hole in it, and as Honey noses the ball around on the floor, she sees paper on the inside ... with writing on it.  The writing says, "Santa, please help me.  I can't get out ..." and the rest of the note has been torn off. This is an awesome story, extremely well written and edited,  that children will love and stay intensely interested in.  It's truly a suspense shared by the dogs themselves as they solve the mystery.  A truly fun read.