The Outdoor Girls at Ocean View; Or, the Box That Was Found in the Sand
The Outdoor Girls at Ocean View; Or, the Box That Was Found in the Sand
Adventure, Children & Young Adult Reading, Novels
Summer, 1913. Four girls arrive at Ocean View expecting nothing more thrilling than saltwater air and sandy picnics. Then they dig up an iron box buried on the beach, and everything changes. Inside: a fortune in diamonds and a coded message they cannot read. Was this hidden by pirates? Smuggled by criminals? As Betty, Grace, Mollie, and Amy attempt to decode the cipher, mysterious men on a passing motorboat watch from the water, adding real danger to the mystery. The girls must solve the puzzle before whoever left the box comes looking for it. This is wholesome adventure with genuine stakes, set in an America where treasure is still found buried in sand and girls solve their own mysteries.
