A review I wrote in 2020:

Explorers on Witch Mountain (Book 2) by Alex Bell (4.5 stars)

Following on speedily from reading
book one in the series, The Polar Bear Explorers’ Club, I couldn’t wait to read this and it didn’t
disappoint!

Stella Starflake Pearl, desperate to go on her next expedition, is trapped at home by a fearsome
witch’s vulture keeping watch over her house. She is quite literally under house arrest (sound
familiar?). When the Explorers Club members come to a formal dinner at Stella’s house, events go
from bad to worse when her dad, Felix, is attacked by the vulture and sets off to Witch Mountain
to confront the fearsome witch Jezzybella.

But everyone knows that nobody returns alive from Witch Mountain and Felix hasn’t even heard of
the latest Witch Mountain trap, the poisonous rabbits. Stella and her young explorer friends set off
on a rescue mission.

I loved this and I’m now rushing to get hold of Book 3, Explorers on Black Ice Bridge. Highly
recommended for intrepid and adventurous young (and not so young) explorers, especially 8-12s. ( )