Goin' Coconuts

1978, Laurel-Leaf edition from later that year
Vic Crume
Goin' Coconuts
Original price $1.75, possibly bought at the time
Worn paperback with minor water damage
C+

As with Digby, this is a faithful novelization of a cheesy children's movie, and about as good.  Since there's no helpful title, as with "the biggest dog in the world," I'll try to be as brief as I can.  Donny & Marie perform in Hawaii, while being pursued by two ethnically mixed teams of criminals who are after Marie's necklace, which is a clue to sunken treasure.  I saw the movie at the time (I was 10 and a fan of their TV variety show, so it was demographically inevitable), and maybe half a dozen times in the 35 years since.  It's so bad it's sort of good, and the book works as a passable children's mystery.  (With a murder early on!)  Includes only four pages of photos, most of them of the other characters.  In fact, D & M fans may be disappointed in both book and movie because there's so much that's not about the siblings.  Read/view them with caution, although I'd probably recommend the movie more because the music is really catchy.  ("On the Shelf" is my fave.)