This series is being reprinted for the current generation and some tweens are really enjoying it despite the lack of any modern technology. Certainly an easy read for the older tween range, these books are a good choice for the 8 to 10 crowd or even up to 12 for those struggling or voracious readers.
The Bobbsey Twins, older twins- Bert and Nan with the younger twin siblings, Freddy and Flossie are enjoying the fresh snow after school one day with their friends but upon arriving home, find that the boiler/heater has died and needs to be replaced. Being just before Christmas, this poses a serious problem for the Bobbsey family. Where can they celebrate Christmas other than a boring hotel? The children are rather worried but trust that something will work out before Christmas break begins.
In the meantime, life is chilly but livable and school is going along well with the usual pranks, bullies and such. The older twins help an older gentleman when his horse drawn carriage runs away without him and renews a family friendship that leads to a mystery, a wonderful place to spend Christmas and the chance to spend Christmas with another branch of the Bobbsey family who suddenly find themselves "homeless" for Christmas.
Always amateur sleuths, the older twins work to solve a family mystery involving the Snow Lodge owner and his nephew. Can they find the missing pieces to the puzzle and bring the family back together? And will they enjoy the old lodge during Christmas week?
Laura Lee hope wrote wonderful Bobbsey stories and this one is no different! The antics of the 10 year old and 5 year old twins keeps the book running along and the lack of technology take the reader back to a different time of playing outside and using imagination.
Age range- 8 to 12
Hope, L.L. (1960). The Bobbsey Twins and the Mystery at Snow Lodge. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, Publishing.
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