Compass South
Author | : Hope Larson |
Publisher | : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2016-06-28 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781466895935 |
ISBN-13 | : 1466895934 |
Rating | : 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: It's 1860 in New York City. When 12-year-old twins Alexander and Cleopatra's father disappears, they join the Black Hook Gang and are caught by the police pulling off a heist. They agree to reveal the identity of the gang in exchange for tickets to New Orleans. But once there, Alex is shanghaied to work on a ship that is heading for San Francisco via Cape Horn. Cleo stows away on a steamer to New Granada where she hopes to catch a train to San Francisco to find her brother. Neither Alexander nor Cleo realizes the real danger they are in-they are being followed by pirates who think they hold the key to treasure. How they outwit the pirates and find each other makes for a fast-paced, breathtaking adventure. A Margaret Ferguson Book