Below the Surface
Allison Finley
Series:
Orca Currents
Type:
Fiction
Categories:
Ghost Stories | Mysteries & Detective Stories | Readers
Theme:
Hi-Lo
Language:
English
Publisher:
Grade Level:
4-7
Age Range:
9-12
Format:
Hi-Lo
Description
A thirteen-year-old boy finds a pocket watch linked to a local legend about a lost treasure.
Theo is happy spending his summer searching the river for treasure. Even if he mostly just finds empty cans and fishing lures. But when he discovers a pocket watch in the waters beneath a bridge that's said to be haunted, he is sure his luck has changed. Theo soon learns that the pocket watch is linked to a local legend about a ghost and buried treasure. Theo is determined to solve this mystery and posts his progress online. Even after he receives an anonymous threat telling him to leave things alone, Theo continues to dig deeper. He learns that the death of a traveler decades earlier may not have been an accident. And that there’s someone out there who will stop at nothing to keep the truth buried.
This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for middle-grade readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don’t like to read! The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.
Contributors
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Awards
CCBC Best Books for Kids & Teens, starred selectionCommended
Junior Library Guild (JLG) Gold Standard SelectionCommended
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