Ghost Canoe

Ghost Canoe
By Will Hobbes,
published by Avon Books, 1997, 193 p.
Book review by Lexie, M.A.P.
Spring 2008


Do you like a good mystery? Do you like a
good book that will keep you on the edge of
your seat? Well, if this is true for you then this
is definitely the book to read.
Ghost Canoe is about a very adventurous young
man named Nathan Mac’Allister. After witnessing
a shipwreck on the rocks off Cape Flattery in a
storm, Nathan, the fourteen year-old son of the
lighthouse keeper, wonders if it is true
that there are no survivors. Weird things are
happening, like footprints, and sightings
of a wild hairy man. Now young Nathan is
determined to find out what really happened the
day of the shipwreck and find out if there are
survivors. Nathan then becomes friends with
lighthouse George, a fisherman from the Makah
whaling tribe. Together they set out to paddle the
waters of the Pacific in Georges canoe, fishing for
halibut and salmon and hunting seals, all the while
searching for clues. Then, one day when Nathan is
searching for his own clues in the ancient forest,
he discovers lost treasures with clues and almost
loses his life. Now Nathan must race against time,
to stop a murderer, and unravel the mystery.

Ghost Canoe will have you up at night with a
flashlight, devouring every last word of the book. I
recommend this book for ages 9-14.