Monday, June 7, 2021

"Alexis and the Saint Helens Screamer" by Erica Rodgers

About this book:
 
  “Who’s behind the BIG distractions in Mount St. Helens?
   When Alexis and McKenzie connect in Washington to shoot a documentary for a kids’ cable show, a local renewed interest in Bigfoot becomes a major distraction. Can the Camp Club Girls come together to find out what’s feeding the Bigfoot phenomenon?”


Series: Book #20 in the “Camp Club Girls” series. Reviews of #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, and #19. [Note: This 20th book is only available in the 4-in-1 Mystery Collection titled, “Alexis” by Erica Rodgers. The last few books of this series are lurking online, but never went to print, so the collections are the only way to physically own the last few books.]


Spiritual Content- Scriptures are mentioned, quoted, & remembered; ‘H’s are capitalized when referring to God; Mentions of God & Jesus; Mentions of the Bible & Scriptures;
             *Note: A few mentions of the Big Bang theory & evolution (it is discussed how most scientists, if they’re honest with themselves, believe there had to be a beginning and a designer); A couple mentions of gorillas that are “supposed to be closet to humans”. 
 
 
Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a ‘stupid’, two ‘shoot’s, and three ‘dumb’s; Some eye rolling; An explosion & volcano eruption (up to semi-detailed); Seeing someone shot with a tranquilizer (at first, Alexis is sobbing because she thought it was a bullet); A near car accident (up to semi-detailed); All about mentions of a volcano & past eruption; Many mentions of cats & dogs missing (some people assume Bigfoot or other mountain creatures to be taking them): Mentions of a break-in; Mentions of a missing hiker; Mentions of hunting; A few mentions of rumors & gossip; 
             *Note: All about many mentions of Bigfoot & those who believe in it or not (there are many sightings of “Bigfoot” *Spoiler* at the end it is revealed that it is a man dressed up as Bigfoot to make the girl he likes happy and encourage people to buy Bigfoot statues she makes *End of Spoiler*); Mentions of Discovery Channel, TV shows, and a book (Care Bears, My Little Pony, Scooby Doo, Little House on the Prairie, Harry and the Hendersons, a Sherlock Holmes novel); A couple mentions of werewolves; A mention of Converse shoes; A mention of a car brand.
 
 
Sexual Content- A few mentions of jealousy, possible relationships, & thinking someone likes someone; A (teasing) mention of Bigfoot having a girlfriend.
 
- Alexis Howell
                                P.O.V. of Alexis
                                                        160 pages

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My personal Rating-
{ Not for Sensitive Animal Lovers }

I don’t find the topic of Bigfoot to be interesting, so I found this book to be more than a little disappointing. Which is sad, since this is the last Alexis book in this series. While this series is technically for Pre-teens, none of the prior books have felt “childish” to me, but this one definitely did. The mentions of assumptions of “Bigfoot” getting people’s pets was also unnecessary in my eyes and was not resolved at the end of the book well.  

What Spiritual content there was felt very forced and the Scriptures used felt a little like a stretch. 

So, unfortunately, this was definitely my least favorite in the series. I hope the last couple ones will be better.

 
 
See y’all on Friday with a new review!



*BFCG may (Read the review to see) recommend this book by this author. It does not mean I recommend all the books by this author.
 

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