Ghost Canoe (Avon Camelot Books)

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After a sailing ship breaks up on the rocks off Washington's storm-tossed Cape Flattery, Nathan McAllister, the fourteen-year-old son of the lighthouse keeper, refuses to believe the authorities, who say there were no survivors. Unexplained footprints on a desolate beach, a theft at the trading post, and glimpses of a wild "hairy man" convince Nathan that someone is hiding in the remote sea caves along the coast. With his new friend, Lighthouse George, a fisherman from the famed Makah whaling tribe, Nathan paddles the fierce waters of the Pacific--fishing, hunting seals, searching for clues. Alone in the forest, Nathan discovers a ghostly canoe and a skeleton that may unlock the mystery of ancient treasure, betrayal . . .and murder.2000-2001 Georgia's Picture Storybook Award & Georgia's Children's Book Award Masterlist01-02 Land of Enchantment Book Award Masterlist (Gr. 6-9)

subjects: Buried treasure,  Indians of North America,  Adventure and adventurers,  Juvenile Fiction,  Adventure and adventurers in fiction,  Indians of North America in fiction,  Fiction,  Buried treasure in fiction,  Makah Indians,  Pacific northwest in fiction,  Makah Indians in fiction,  Treasure troves,  Indians of north america, fiction,  Children's fiction,  Adventure and adventurers, fiction,  Buried treasure, fiction,  Northwest, pacific, fiction

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