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Product Description Mike and Kyle must outrun both a hurricane and thieves who will do anything to get their hands on a fortune in Confederate gold! The year is 1862. The Skink, a Confederate ship, is attacked by Union forces and sinks off the Alabama coast in the Gulf of Mexico. Although the ship was rumored to be carrying newly minted gold coins, no trace of the wreck and not even a single piece of Confederate gold is ever found. Fast forward to 1973. Mike is prepared for another routine summer in Pensacola with his marine biologist father. But plans suddenly change and Mike finds himself on Shipwreck Island―right near the site where the Skink went down. Mike and his new friend Kyle are intrigued by a salvage ship anchored just offshore. Some say it was brought in by fortune hunters, but when the boys scale a fence at the fort on the island, they realize that the fortune hunters may be looking in the wrong place. There in the sand-covered floor of an abandoned chamber they spot something shiny: an old double-eagle gold coin. Mike and Kyle agree to keep their discovery a secret and start their own investigation into the shipwreck and the missing gold. Award-winning author Sneed B. Collard III blends history and mystery to create a dramatic, page-turning story featuring a strong friendship and plenty of action. From School Library Journal Grade 4–8—Mike, 13, reluctantly boards a plane from California to Florida to spend the summer with his divorced father, who is a marine biologist. He is told after he lands that they will not be in Pensacola but on Shipwreck Island off the coast of Alabama. He feels stranded and neglected, thinking that the weeks will drag with little to keep him occupied. After a slow beginning, Mike's summer of 1973 becomes more and more exciting when he and a new friend make an unexpected discovery at an old Civil War fort. The boys are just beginning to unravel the mystery surrounding their find when a hurricane threatens and they discover that thieves are after their treasure. Mike's narrative moves quickly with likable and believable characters. The story will have particular appeal to readers with an interest in historical places and artifacts.— Denise Moore, O'Gorman Junior High School, Sioux Falls, SD Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From Booklist When Mike’s biologist father takes a job teaching at a marine lab on an island off the Alabama coast, the 13-year-old has no idea he’s about to embark on the adventure of a lifetime. But then he and a new friend, nosing around an old Civil War fort, find something that promises to change their lives—if they survive their find, that is, and the ensuing search for answers to a puzzling and dangerous mystery. For not only are other antagonistic searchers involved but a class 4 hurricane is also headed directly for the island. Batten down the hatches! Collard’s engaging story, set in 1973, offers a diverting, page-turning mystery with some nicely integrated bits of Southern history. As for Mike and his friend Kyle, they’re well-realized teen characters; and though Collard leaves some loose ends dangling, his plot has enough twists and turns to hold readers’ attention to the end. Grades 5-8. --Michael Cart Review “A diverting, page-turning mystery with some nicely integrated bits of Southern history….[the] plot has enough twists and turns to hold readers’ attention to the end.” “Narrative moves quickly with likable and believable characters. The story will have particular appeal to readers with an interest in historical places and artifacts.” “First-person narration moves along quickly, the action spiraling to a climactic confrontation…. Reluctant readers carried along by the plot will encounter some interesting history along the way.” About the Author Sneed B. Collard III is a biologist, world traveler, speaker, and author of more than forty books for young people, including Flash P
