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A review by panda_incognito
Voices at Whisper Bend by Katherine Ayres
3.0
This American Girl History Mystery includes great local color and historical detail about the early days of America's involvement in WWII, but the mystery is very subpar. A lot of random stuff happens in the book that doesn't propel the plot, and when the characters finally happen upon the stolen scrap metal, they decide to handle this independently, endangering themselves in multiple ways without enlisting adult help or even telling someone where they're going.
[b:The Light in the Cellar: A Molly Mystery|200896|The Light in the Cellar A Molly Mystery (American Girl Mysteries)|Sarah Masters Buckey|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1407678504l/200896._SX50_.jpg|194374] is my favorite American Girl mystery, partly because the kids call for adult back-up. It's a very realistic story, and it excited me as a child to read a mystery where children solved a case but didn't do anything absurd, disobedient, or wildly risky in the process. I would recommend that and the other Molly mysteries as an alternative to this, if someone is looking for WWII-based mysteries. Voices at Whisper Bend is mainly just for American Girl completists.
[b:The Light in the Cellar: A Molly Mystery|200896|The Light in the Cellar A Molly Mystery (American Girl Mysteries)|Sarah Masters Buckey|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1407678504l/200896._SX50_.jpg|194374] is my favorite American Girl mystery, partly because the kids call for adult back-up. It's a very realistic story, and it excited me as a child to read a mystery where children solved a case but didn't do anything absurd, disobedient, or wildly risky in the process. I would recommend that and the other Molly mysteries as an alternative to this, if someone is looking for WWII-based mysteries. Voices at Whisper Bend is mainly just for American Girl completists.