A middle grade introduction to the tragic Franklin Expedition. The layout is very well done, with a split between the forensic science that went into discovering more information about the struggles the crew went through, as well as a second person immersion of one of the real members to encourage readers to feel as if they were there. A solid read it slightly hobbled by unnecessary sidebars to other technological advances of the time, and a layout that oftentimes feels like it interrupts one section for another. Still a recommended purchase for any library that has Titanic and explorer aficionados.

Thoroughly well produced and informative.
While this book might be written for children/teens, i as an adult with an interest in The Franklin Expedition, found it a surprise. The details are not skipped over, even some of the gruesome ones. Presented in 10 episodes, it interweaves the story through the eyes of one of the captains, along with Inuit testimony, forensic questioning, and other events of the time, remind the reader of the wider world, and how it marched on while the men faded away.
The book also serves as a reminder to keep questioning, as the theories as to what affected the health of the crew has changed over time, with further studies and new technologies.
Anyone with an interest in this topic will find this book well worth their time..
We all look forward to any new information that may be gleaned from investigations of the wrecks of Erebus and Terror.

Reading fiction, one can allow "bad news" to sneak up on one. But with a Historical account, one already knows what went wrong. However, even though the subject matter is very sad, I totally enjoyed the author's approach in TRAPPED IN TERROR BAY. Recounting the Lost Franklin Arctic Expedition of 1845-1846, Sigmund Brower includes numerous teaching tools and techniques which hook students' interest. It's a sad accounting, but important and well-written.

This book has got to be one of the most gruesome and bone-chilling book i ever read. Some parts are just too horrific and nauseating, i felt chills running down my spine as i turned those pages and tried to get rid off that disturbing thoughts and imaginations off my mind especially that gruesome parts. Hopefully i wouldn't be getting any nightmares tonight.

Nevertheless, it is still an intriguing read to me and something different than i usually read. So, reading this book brings such a new and exciting experience to me. It sure kept me thinking,wondering and glued on to those pages until i hardly believed that i actually managed to finish reading the whole book despite the grisly parts. It definitely got me thinking and engaged in joining in in solving the mystery of the fateful incident. What exactly happened to the Franklin expedition and all of its crews?. Were there any survivors? Is there hope or chance of escaping or surviving the deathly and extreme condition?

This book is basically trying to unravel the mysterious case of the past, that had befallen a group of British Navy expedition led by Captain Sir John Franklin and his crews,navigating two ships, HMS Terror and HMS Erebus in a quest to find the passage,from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean through the Arctic islands which had brought them towards their doom that is they had all vanished and perished when both ships were locked in ice off the Arctic Canadian islands.

What this book does is besides telling us of the fateful event, it got us thinking and joining along in solving the mystery together with its usage of the second person narrative which makes this an engaging read. It is written in 10 episodic chapters but with lots of other mysterious cases and puzzles inserted in between those chapters ,that keep us on our toes as our brains trying hard to deduce and come up with some explanations of those given incidences,just like a forensic scientist does. In a way, this interval also adds on in creating a more intensed and suspenseful moment before the result/conclusion or the mystery is revealed at the end of those episodes.

My only problem is that the changing and shifting multiple perspectives and timelines can be confusing at times, until i became lost and puzzled as who's who? and when's when? as there are numerous parties and multiple time lines involved that jumps and shifts unparallely,making certain parts difficult to follow through.

However, it is very interesting though by involving the theories,perspectives and discoveries made by different parties about what and how it happened,by including some Inuit elders and historians perspective,explorer perspective,toxicologist and environmental scientist perspective and bone detective and expert perspective. Basically, this book brought us to look from various perspectives and angles in solving the case by combining both modern knowledge and expertise with traditional expertise and oral history by also including the testimonies and evidences by the local natives, that are the Inuit people who were the eye witnesses of those events.

In conclusion, this book is a compelling read with an interesting blend of history, detective work, forensic science and traditional expertise all meshed together which i think would suit the older
or the teenage kids and adults as the story involves a lot of more complex thinking and problem solving skills and some of those photos are just too gruesome and disturbing to look at, even for adults.

Overall, i rated this book a 4🌟.

Once again, i thanked Kids Can Press and NetGalley for granting me this review copy.

I received an ARC of, Trapped in Terror Bay, by Sigmund Brouwer. This is a cool book for kids. Their are 10 episodes, with mysteries to solves, forensic science to discover. The pictures are cool, some are a little gruesome.