Betty Gordon at Boarding School; Or, the Treasure of Indian Chasm

Betty Gordon has spent her childhood surrounded by Oklahoma oil fields and the thunder of drilling rigs, but her world is about to change completely. When she heads east to attend the prestigious Shadyside School, she's trading dusty boots for dance cards and rough-and-tumble friends for polished debutantes. Her best pal Bob Henderson is enrollng at Salsette Military Academy across the lake, and together they've brought their ragtag group of friends including Bobby, Louise, Libbie, Norma, and Alice into what promises to be one magnificent adventure. But Betty isn't just there to learn French and practice curtsies. The title hints at buried treasure in Indian Chasm, and something about those oil field explosions back in Oklahoma feels more sinister than coincidence. This is a rollicking 1920s adventure where an unconventional girl from the frontier navigates the strange customs of elite Eastern boarding school while chasing mysteries that would try the nerves of any detective. Emerson captures the electric charge of youth on the verge of everything, where friendship is everything and every secret is worth dying for.