Rover Boys on the Great Lakes

The Rover Boys are back on the water, and trouble is never far behind. Dick, Tom, and Sam Rover set out for the Great Lakes region, expecting the usual summer adventure but finding themselves instead in the crosshairs of their oldest adversaries. The Baxter clan has followed them north, and the insufferable Josiah Crabtree is never more than a few chapters away from causing fresh mayhem. What follows is exactly what made this series a staple of early American children's literature: narrow escapes, clever schemes, and three brothers who always manage to come out on top. The lakes provide both backdrop and obstacle, their vastness offering opportunity for the kind of old-fashioned peril that ends with the villains defeated and honor restored. It's a time capsule of adventure fiction, with all the earnestness and formulaic charm that implies.