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When life feels too big to understand, where do you search for answers?When August Beck is out looking for his missing brother River, the last thing he expects to find is a monolith standing in the cornfield! August is certain the monolith and River's disappearance are connected and that aliens are to blame. But his best friend Tilly Wilson isn't so sure.Tilly is an expert researcher. She has to be in order to run her own community newspaper. Tilly is always chasing down a good story, like her curious neighbor Mr. Starr, who makes art out of trash, but she isn't convinced August's theory is true. She's afraid he's a little too obsessed with aliens and avoiding the hard truth that little River might be gone forever.Together they search for answers and they don't always like the explanations. Tilly learns sometimes it's better to let a story go, and August learns sometimes embracing the unknown yields surprising results. But between the monolith, changes within their own families, and a mysterious voice in the cornfield, both friends have an astonishing summer, one that teaches them to embrace mystery and never stop asking questions.
When life feels too big to understand, where do you search for answers?When August Beck is out looking for his missing brother River, the last thing he expects to find is a monolith standing in the cornfield! August is certain the monolith and River's disappearance are connected and that aliens are to blame. But his best friend Tilly Wilson isn't so sure.Tilly is an expert researcher. She has to be in order to run her own community newspaper. Tilly is always chasing down a good story, like her curious neighbor Mr. Starr, who makes art out of trash, but she isn't convinced August's theory is true. She's afraid he's a little too obsessed with aliens and avoiding the hard truth that little River might be gone forever.Together they search for answers and they don't always like the explanations. Tilly learns sometimes it's better to let a story go, and August learns sometimes embracing the unknown yields surprising results. But between the monolith, changes within their own families, and a mysterious voice in the cornfield, both friends have an astonishing summer, one that teaches them to embrace mystery and never stop asking questions.
The Goonies meets Book Scavenger in the second book of this middle grade duology about three sisters hunting for Blackbeard's legendary treasure!Savannah Dare has taken up the mantle of treasure hunter, passed down by her grandfather-and she's recruited her two sisters to join the crew! But it turns out there's a reason Blackbeard's treasure has been missing for centuries. Most of Savannah's neighbors think it doesn't even exist. But the sisters have a key-a literal, golden, jewel-encrusted key-and they're determined to find what it unlocks with the help of clues and puzzles their grandfather left behind. Their voyage of discovery leads them to a trove of family secrets and betrayals, and soon Savannah has to ask herself what price she's willing to pay in return for the ultimate prize.An Imprint Book
The Goonies meets Book Scavenger when three sisters hunt for Blackbeard's legendary treasure in this action-packed middle grade novel from Jess Rinker, The Dare Sisters."The Dare sisters are hunting for treasure, but the real treasure is the story that unfolds in the pages of this book. It's smart, funny and full of heart; I couldn't put this rollicking adventure down." -Kathi Appelt, author of The UnderneathSavannah Dare has always wanted to be a pirate. She grew up on legends of Blackbeard from her grandfather-her best friend and fellow treasure hunter.But now he's gone. Savannah and her sisters, Frances and Jolene are left to find Blackbeard's lost loot on their own. It was their grandfather's dream, and they can't let him down. No one else in their small town on Ocracoke Island believes Blackbeard's treasure is truly still out there . . . no one except their grandfather's mysterious old business partner, who's determined to find it himself. And when their family home is endangered, the Dare sisters realize finding Blackbeard's treasure is their only hope!An Imprint Book
In this fun middle grade adventure, a young girl and her two new friends brave the wilderness to find a castle, prove a local legend, and discover the true meaning of home.Lin Moser is not looking forward to this summer. After living on the road all her life, hiking mountains and traveling through the country in an RV with her house-flipping parents, she's now stuck in Newbridge, New Jersey for their longest stay yet. With Mom away on a year-long naturalist assignment, Lin has resigned herself to having the most boring summer ever. But then she finds out about a local legend: an ancient ruined castle in the woods that no one has been able to find. Hiking to this castle would be like a quest. . . such an amazing quest that Mom might even come home, and they could adventure together the way they used to.Determined to create her own adventure, Lin sets off on her biggest one yet-braving the wilderness with her two new friends, seeking the castle, and maybe discovering a new idea of home along the way.With her trademark humor and heart, Jess Rinker delivers a story of adventure and growing up in The Hike to Home.
The Goonies meets Book Scavenger when three sisters hunt for Blackbeard's legendary treasure in this action-packed middle grade novel from Jessica Rinker, The Dare Sisters."The Dare sisters are hunting for treasure, but the real treasure is the story that unfolds in the pages of this book. It's smart, funny and full of heart; I couldn't put this rollicking adventure down." -Kathi Appelt, author of The UnderneathSavannah Dare has always wanted to be a pirate. She grew up on legends of Blackbeard from her grandfather-her best friend and fellow treasure hunter. But now he's gone. Savannah and her sisters, Frances and Jolene are left to find Blackbeard's lost loot on their own. It was their grandfather's dream, and they can't let him down. No one else in their small town on Ocracoke Island believes Blackbeard's treasure is truly still out there . . . no one except their grandfather's mysterious old business partner, who's determined to find it himself. And when their family home is endangered, the Dare sisters realize finding Blackbeard's treasure is their only hope!An Imprint Book
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