With their father en route to Africa for Doctors Without Borders, city-kids Nicholas and younger twin sisters Haley and Hetty are off to spend the summer with their Great-Uncle Nick at his house on Forsaken Lake. Despite some initial doubts, Nicholas is right at home in the he learns to sail, learns about his father as a boy, and makes fast friends with a local-girl, the tomboy Charlie.The summer takes a turn toward the mysterious, though, when Nicholas discovers an old movie that his father made as a it tells the story of the local legend, The Seaweed Strangler, but was never finished. Before long Nicholas wants answers both about the legend, and about the movie. Together, he and Charlie work to uncover the truth and discover some long-buried family secrets along the way.In this lovely middle-grade novel, Michael D. Beil has invoked one of his own favorites, We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea , as well as other great summer books of years-past.
Michael D. Beil Reihenfolge der Bücher (Chronologisch)
Michael D. Beil ist ein Autor, dessen vielfältige Erfahrungen als Seemann, Segelmacher und Anwalt seine Perspektive tiefgreifend geprägt haben. Seine wahre Leidenschaft entdeckte er als Lehrer, wo er sich der Bildung von Schülern widmete und sich von deren Leben inspirieren ließ. Diese Hingabe zeigt sich in seinen kreativen Werken, die oft die tiefgreifenden Herausforderungen und die Widerstandsfähigkeit von Einwandererfamilien erforschen. Sein Schreiben spiegelt ein tiefes Engagement für den menschlichen Zustand und den Einsatz wider, den oft übersehenen Erfahrungen eine Stimme zu geben.
The Red Blazer Girls: The Secret Cellar
- 288 Seiten
- 11 Lesestunden
Mysteries seem to find the Red Blazer Girls: when Sophie finds a secret message in the antique fountain pen she bought for her father, the girls are on a case. Soon, they're at the home of the pen's original owner, a secretive man who kept to himself. His house is full of puzzles, all of which protect a hidden treasure, and the Blazers will do anything to get to the bottom of things. Throw in an ill-tempered bookstore owner with a motive, a missing will, a walking stick that doubles as a key, a school Christmas play, and a rat named Humphrey, and it all adds up to another thrilling adventure for the Red Blazer Girls.