Billie Bradley on Lighthouse Island; Or, The Mystery of the Wreck

Three friends. A forbidden forest. A man with a haunted past. And a shipwreck that washes three children onto a deserted shore. Billie Bradley, Laura, and Vi are ordinary schoolgirls until a botany lesson goes spectacularly wrong. Lost in the woods as storm clouds gather, their imaginations run wild with tales of "The Codfish", a thief said to haunt these very trees. Seeking shelter, they stumble upon a mysterious hut and encounter Hugo Billings, a man whose haunted eyes suggest secrets far darker than any schoolgirl's adventure story. But trusting strangers in the woods is only the beginning. When summer arrives, the girls journey to Lighthouse Island, expecting nothing more than sun and friendship. Instead, a furious storm drives a wreck onto the rocks, and the sea delivers three stranded children to their shore. Now Billie must solve the mystery of the wreck, navigate danger with her friends at her side, and uncover the truth behind the enigmatic man they met in the woods. A rollicking early 20th-century adventure where three brave girls prove that courage isn't the absence of fear, it's moving forward anyway. Perfect for readers who love plucky heroines, island mysteries, and stories where ordinary children do extraordinary things.