The Field Trip Mysteries: The Ride That Was Really Haunted Paperback – August 1, 2011

The book was shipped on time and in great condition. The story was fun to my 7 year old daughter but she didn't think there was anything special or memorable about it. She said the characters were very bland. But she enjoyed reading it.

Great book. Easy read!

This is a great series of books. My 9 year old daughter loved it and was able to read it on her own with no problem. I am going to order more from this series.

Though I am beginning to wonder about the school system that keeps sending these kids on field trips with so many mysteries, I continue to enjoy finding out how Egg, Cat, Sam, and the rest will solve whatever mystery ends up cropping up during the field trip.As with Brezenoff's other Field Trip Mysteries, this one is a fun read/listen, which keeps you engaged until the end. This narrator, again listed as anonymous, did a fantastic job with the performance.For those of you who have read or listened to any of Brezenoff's other Field Trip Mysteries and enjoyed them, you will most likely enjoy this one too. If you haven't read or listened to any of his Field Trip Mysteries yet, think of them like Scooby Doo, but with a fun group of 6th graders. The characters have the same level of charisma, and because they are younger, younger kids can imagine themselves in the mystery that much more easily.I definitely recommend reading or listening to these stories. I don't think you'll regret it.

This is a field trip that Samantha isn’t going to forget anytime soon.The mystery was fun to solve. I liked seeing how quickly the first clue was given to the characters and what they did with it once they realized that something odd was happening on this ride. It was also interesting to watch them try to understand what was happening and figure out if their first guess was correct. Samantha and her friends were smart kids, and it showed in how much time they spent trying to solve the problem of what really happened during the ride.I would have liked to see more descriptions of what was happening in this story. For example, it would have been nice to know more about what Samantha and her friends saw in the haunted house ride after everything began to go wrong and they realized that they’d have to work together to find a way out of that building. The descriptions of those scenes didn’t contain enough details for me to imagine how they played out.The dialogue was well done. All of the main characters really sounded like kids, from the silly jokes they made about each other to how they talked about the strange things that were happening when they were trying to figure out what was actually going on in the haunted house. There were a few different times when their conversations made me grin because of how playful they were.The Ride That Was Really Haunted should be read by anyone who is in the mood for a short, lighthearted mystery.originally posted at long and short reviews