Status
Available
Local notes
PB Avi
Collection
Genres
Publication
HarperCollins (1992), Edition: Reprint, 128 pages
Description
While learning to sail during a visit to his grandmother's at the Connecticut shore, eleven-year-old Tony becomes excited about the rumors of sunken treasure in the area and starts following a couple who seem to be making a mysterious search for something.
Awards
Nebraska Golden Sower Award (Nominee — 1993)
Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 1995)
Utah Beehive Book Award (Nominee — Children's Fiction — 1995)
Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award (Nominee — 1994)
William Allen White Children's Book Award (Nominee — 1993-1994)
Nutmeg Book Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 1994)
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award (Nominee — 1995)
Maud Hart Lovelace Award (Nominee — 1995)
Original language
English
Original publication date
1991
Physical description
128 p.; 5.13 inches
User reviews
LibraryThing member themulhern
Short, plainly written, book. Quick moving and suspenseful. There are moments of real danger and menace.
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Pages
128