The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island; Or, the Old Lumberman's Treasure Box
The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island; Or, the Old Lumberman's Treasure Box
The Rover Boys, Jack, Andy, Randy, and their cousin Fred, are students at Colby Hall when winter brings adventure to their door. It begins with a thrilling skating race on Clearwater Lake, but the fun turns dangerous when the ice gives way beneath the girls, including Ruth Stevenson. The boys heroically rescue their friends from the icy water, setting in motion a much larger mystery: the arrival of Uncle Barney Stevenson, an embittered old lumberman who lives alone on Snowshoe Island. What starts as a winter diversion becomes a quest for a hidden treasure, the old lumberman's treasure box, and the secrets it holds about Ruth's family. Packed with danger, camaraderie, and the solve-it-yourself spirit of early juvenile fiction, this is adventure fiction at its most straightforward: friends who stick together, puzzles worth solving, and a mystery buried in the snowy Maine woods. It endures because it understands exactly what young readers want: action that matters and friends worth cheering for.
