Summer Island #3 (The Treasure Troop, Band 3) - Hardcover

Butler, Dori Hillestad

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0593094891 ISBN 13: 9780593094891

Verlag: Penguin Workshop, 2021

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From Edgar Award Winner Dori Hillestad Butler comes a new chapter book mystery series, The Treasure Troop! Join Marly, Sai, and Isla, three code-cracking kids on the hunt for an old neighbor's hidden treasure.

In the third book of this code-busting series, Marly, Sai, and Isla are back on the hunt! Mr. Summerling has left them a brand-new set of clues to follow, including tickets to the mysterious Summer Island. So with tickets in hand, our trio sets off to their late neighbor's island. Can they finally discover what lies at the end of this treasure hunt?

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Dori Hillestad Butler's books have appeared on children's choice award lists in 18 different states. Trading Places with Tank Talbott won the Maryland Children's Choice Award in 2007, and The Buddy Files: Case of the Lost Boy won the 2011 Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Mystery. In 2018, she won a Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor for King & Kayla and the Case of the Missing Dog Treats. She is the author of the successful Haunted Library series, and has also been a ghostwriter for the Sweet Valley Twins, Unicorn Club, and Boxcar Children series. She's published numerous short stories, plays, and educational materials, and has served as the Iowa Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators' Regional Advisor. She grew up in southern Minnesota and now lives in Seattle with her husband, son, dog, and cat. She visits schools and leads writing workshops all over the country.

Tim Budgen is an illustrator and art teacher. For much of his life he has been scribbling down ideas and can usually be found with a pencil in one hand and a sketchbook in the other! He lives by the sea on Hayling Island, England, with his wife, Julia.

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Chapter 1
Strange Object
 
"Keep a lookout for whales,” Captain Joe called from the boat’s wheelhouse. “You might spot one right in here.”
 
“Really?” Marly Deaver squealed. She and her friends, Isla Thomson and Sai Gupta, rushed to the railing. All around them, evergreen--covered islands rose from the water like giant tortoises. Wind whipped through their hair.
 
Marly squinted, but as usual everything looked blurry. She had one pretty good eye, but she wore a patch over it to try to train her bad eye to work better. It was so frustrating to not be able to see as well as everyone else.
 
“See any whales?” Marly asked Isla and Sai.
 
“Not yet.” Sai curled his fingers like they were binoculars and peered through them.
 
Isla grabbed her cat ear headband before it blew off her head. “Me neither.”
 
“The captain says to look for a fin or a spray of water or even something that looks like a giant rock floating on the surface,” Ms. Lovelace said, joining them on deck.
 
Marly slid her patch onto the rim of her glasses and scanned the water. She wanted so badly to see a whale.
 
Ms. Lovelace touched Marly’s shoulder. “I promised your mom I wouldn’t let you take that patch off,” she said.
 
Marly sighed. “I know,” she grumbled, sliding the patch back into place. She’d promised her mom the same thing.
 
This trip was Marly’s first time away from home without her family. Isla and Sai’s, too. It was weird to think about how they had hardly known each other at the beginning of the summer, and now they were the best of friends.
 
It was all thanks to Marly’s next--door neighbor, Mr. Summerling. Isla and Sai had both known him, too. Unfortunately, he had passed away at the beginning of the summer.
 
“I wonder if Mr. Summerling ever saw a whale,” Isla said.
 
“Probably,” Sai said.
 
“He probably saw lots of things we’ve never seen,” Marly said. Mr. Summerling used to travel all over searching for buried treasure. In fact, that was how he’d died. Marly gulped as she realized that what happened to Mr. Summerling had probably happened somewhere around here.
 
He’d been exploring some Pacific Northwest islands when a storm came up. The coast guard found his boat drifting upside down, but Mr. Summerling himself was nowhere to be found. The coast guard said he probably drowned.
 
Marly shaded her eye and gazed up at the sky. She was relieved there were no storm clouds today.
 
Marly, Isla, and Sai had found out about Mr. Summerling’s death a few weeks ago when Ms. Lovelace called them to her office to read his will. Ms. Lovelace was Mr. Summerling’s attorney. In his will, Mr. Summerling had left a treasure hunt for his eight--year--old friends. They ran all over town solving puzzles until they finally found the treasure, which turned out to be a tree house in the woods behind his and Marly’s houses.
 
Then, just last week, they’d uncovered a secret message hidden beneath a floorboard in the tree house. That message was the beginning of a second treasure hunt, which led them through hidden doors and secret passageways inside Mr. Summerling’s house, finally ending with an invitation to a place called Summer Island.
 
Marly still couldn’t believe their parents had let them come. Summer Island was two thousand miles from home. But Ms. Lovelace had been very persuasive, and she’d promised to look after the kids as though they were her own.
 
Marly felt both excited and nervous about this trip. Mostly excited. There was obviously going to be one more treasure hunt, and Marly couldn’t wait to see the first clue.
 
“That’s Summer Island straight ahead.” Captain Joe pointed. He wore a white hat and had a toothpick sticking out of the side of his mouth.
 
The kids moved to the front of the boat. Funny, when Marly first heard about this place, she’d pictured an island with flat sandy beaches, palm trees, and lots of sun. But like most of the other islands they’d passed, the shore ahead looked rocky rather than sandy. The island was blanketed in tall evergreens rather than palm trees. And though the sun was out, there was enough of a chill in the air that everyone was wearing jackets.
 
“How big is that island, anyway?” Marly turned toward Captain Joe. The railing vibrated beneath her hands.
 
Captain Joe cupped a hand to his ear. It was hard to hear over the sound of the boat. So Marly repeated her question. Louder this time.
 
“’Bout eight square miles,” Captain Joe said.
 
“What does that mean?” Sai shouted. “Could you walk around the whole island?”
 
Captain Joe shrugged. “You could. But it would take a while.” He moved the toothpick to the other side of his mouth. “Better to bike around it.”
 
“We don’t have bikes,” Isla said. They’d each brought a suitcase and Marly had her metal detector. But they didn’t have anything else. Ms. Lovelace had told them they’d be staying in a large cabin and everything they needed, including food, would be there.
 
“How many people live on this island?” Ms. Lovelace asked.
 
“None,” Captain Joe said as he slowed the boat.
 
“None?” Marly, Isla, and Sai said at the same time.
 
“I’m sure there are people who have cabins and spend time there during the summer,” Ms. Lovelace said.
 
“Not anymore,” Captain Joe said. “Far as I know, Harry Summerling is the only one who has a place here now.”
 
“You mean we’re going to be the only people on the whole island?” Marly asked. She wasn’t sure how she felt about that.
 
But Sai seemed excited. “Cool!” he said, rubbing his hands together. Isla bit her lip and fiddled with her bee sting allergy bracelet. Ms. Lovelace’s expression gave nothing away.
 
“Did you know Mr. Summerling?” Isla asked Captain Joe.
 
“Of course,” he replied. “Harry and I go way back. I’m the one who first showed him these islands.” He slowed the boat even more and steered toward a large dock. There was a tiny bump as the boat came to rest along a line of old tires that were fastened to the side of the dock.
 
“Here we are!” Captain Joe left the motor running while he tied the boat to a metal cleat. Everyone else gathered up their things.
 
Captain Joe set out a small stool, and one by one, Sai, Marly, Isla, and Ms. Lovelace climbed up onto the dock.
 
“I hope you all enjoy your time here as much as Harry did,” Captain Joe said, tipping his hat.
 
“I’m sure we will,” Ms. Lovelace replied. “Now, where’s the cabin?” She turned toward shore and shaded her eyes. “I thought it would be right at the end of the dock.” There were no buildings in sight. Only trees.
 
Captain Joe gestured toward a narrow dirt path that led uphill into the trees. “Just follow the path. You’ll come to a driveway,” he said.
 
“And you’ll be back for us Monday morning?” Ms. Lovelace said.
 
Captain Joe nodded once. “Eight...

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Penguin Workshop
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0593094891
• ISBN 13: 9780593094891
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Zeichner: Budgen Tim
• Anzahl der Seiten: 128
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