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Mississippi Treasure Hunt
THE DEEP SOUTH . . . A LONG, LONG WAY FROM MALIBU
Vangie Bradley expects a lame vacation when she and her brother Jason fly from California to spend the summer with their dad. Minnesota isn't exactly a hotbed of fun for thirteen-year-olds, especially ones who like to streak their hair a different color every day.
Then Dad's eccentric great-aunt leaves him her estate, and the family takes off for Prestonburg, Mississippi, where it seems nothing has changed since the Civil War. It's beyond boring. . . until they find a secret letter hidden in an old desk, with clues that may lead to a fortune.
The key is a hundred-year-old test of knowledge. Suddenly Vangie is discovering all sorts of things she never knew existed. And though it's really hard, she refuses to give up. After all, how many people get the chance to find a genuine buried treasure?
Vangie Bradley expects a lame vacation when she and her brother Jason fly from California to spend the summer with their dad. Minnesota isn't exactly a hotbed of fun for thirteen-year-olds, especially ones who like to streak their hair a different color every day.
Then Dad's eccentric great-aunt leaves him her estate, and the family takes off for Prestonburg, Mississippi, where it seems nothing has changed since the Civil War. It's beyond boring. . . until they find a secret letter hidden in an old desk, with clues that may lead to a fortune.
The key is a hundred-year-old test of knowledge. Suddenly Vangie is discovering all sorts of things she never knew existed. And though it's really hard, she refuses to give up. After all, how many people get the chance to find a genuine buried treasure?
10 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 31, 1996
About the author
Taffy Cannon
31 books3 followersEileen Emily Cannon aka Emily Toll
Taffy Cannon is the author of thirteen mysteries, including Guns and Roses (2000), which was an Agatha Award nominee and Macavity Award Best Novel nominee, and Blood Matters (2007), winner of the Best Mystery/Thriller in the San Diego Book Awards. Anyone who has ever had difficulty with a health insurance company will appreciate “Instant Karma,” her short story in the recent San Diego Noir (2011) anthology. She also runs a professional organizing business and is a multi-term president of the Friends of the Carlsbad Library, for which she manages a bookstore that earns $100,000 a year for the Library.
Taffy Cannon is the author of thirteen mysteries, including Guns and Roses (2000), which was an Agatha Award nominee and Macavity Award Best Novel nominee, and Blood Matters (2007), winner of the Best Mystery/Thriller in the San Diego Book Awards. Anyone who has ever had difficulty with a health insurance company will appreciate “Instant Karma,” her short story in the recent San Diego Noir (2011) anthology. She also runs a professional organizing business and is a multi-term president of the Friends of the Carlsbad Library, for which she manages a bookstore that earns $100,000 a year for the Library.
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