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The Secret of the Silver Mines: A Dylan Maples Adventure (Dylan Maples Adventure, 2)
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About The Secret Of The Silver Mines: A Dylan Maples
Product Description Just when Dylan Maples is settling down after last summer's trip to Ireland's Eye, the parental units are at it again―planning another family adventure. Only this time, it's not a summer vacation, but an extended trip way up north to Cobalt, Ontario, in the middle of a bitter winter. Once a thriving silver mining community, all that's left of the town's rich history are the long abandoned mines. A Toronto millionaire has hired Dylan's dad to retrieve a fortune in silver allegedly stolen from his grandfather back in the early part of the twentieth century. But was the fortune really stolen? And if so, where has it been hidden? The answers to these questions reside with one man―Theobald T. Larocque, Cobalt's oldest citizen. But no one has seen him in years. And no one seems at all eager to help Dylan's dad locate him―except, of course, his devoted son Dylan, and Dylan's newfound friend and accomplice, Wynona Dixon. From School Library Journal Gr 3–7—When Dylan Maples's dad takes a century-old case of deception and theft in the old silver mining town of Cobalt, Ontario, the family moves north for the winter. But the locals don't want the case to be solved. It implicates the oldest citizen of the small town, Theobald T. Larocque. Shrouded in mystery and isolated in his old house, Larocque is a town legend, and Dylan can't resist a good story. With the help of his new friend, Wynona Dixon, Dylan hatches a plan to uncover the truth, help his dad solve the case, and pacify the citizens of Cobalt. But the deceptions of the past aren't buried, and danger waits in the abandoned mines.With steady pacing and a deft blending of history and mystery, Peacock crafts an engaging story, although much of the action in the plot happens not to the contemporary characters, but to Larocque. Layered onto the mystery are the challenges Dylan faces in moving mid-year to a new town, but those hurdles are almost superficially overcome thanks to a hockey coach who is willing to overlook Dylan's connection to the case. Dylan and Wynona's budding relationship with the reclusive miner is filled with stories offering historical information about the silver boom in northern Ontario and the rough-and-ready mine towns that sprang up in that era. The story ends with a dangerous modern race to the missing treasure, which wraps up the loose ends neatly and leaves Dylan ready for another adventure. VERDICT Purchase where mystery and history are in high demand.—Jen McConnel, Queen's University, Ont. Book Description The second installment of the Dylan Maples series. From the Back Cover adventure, northern Ontario, mystery, mining, Cobalt, stolen treasure, haunted house About the Author Shane Peacock is a novelist, playwright, journalist, and television screenwriter for audiences of all ages. Among his novels are Last Message, Double You, and Separated. His bestselling series for Young Adults, The Boy Sherlock Holmes, has been published in twelve languages and has found its way onto more than sixty shortlists. It won the prestigious Violet Downey Award, two Arthur Ellis Awards for crime fiction, the Ruth & Sylvia Schwartz Award, The Libris Award, and has been a finalist for the Governor General's Award and three times nominated for the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award. Visit shanepeacock.ca. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. "They were on the upper floor. They moved at a slow, terrifying pace. And there was a dragging sound, like chains scraping across wood. A can hit the floor with each laboured stride. Something was moaning: like the wind, but human. Wynona Dixon and I froze. Then the footsteps started coming down the stairs." ― Dylan
