Ghost Canoe
About this book
After a sailing ship breaks up on the rocks off Washington's storm-tossed Cape Flattery, Nathan McAllister, the fourteen-year-old son of the lighthouse keeper, refuses to believe the authorities, who say there were no survivors. Unexplained footprints on a desolate beach, a theft at the trading post, and glimpses of a wild "hairy man" convince Nathan that someone is hiding in the remote sea caves along the coast. With his new friend, Lighthouse George, a fisherman from the famed Makah whaling tribe, Nathan paddles the fierce waters of the Pacific--fishing, hunting seals, searching for clues. Alone in the forest, Nathan discovers a ghostly canoe and a skeleton that may unlock the mystery of ancient treasure, betrayal . . .and murder.2000-2001 Georgia's Picture Storybook Award & Georgia's Children's Book Award Masterlist01-02 Land of Enchantment Book Award Masterlist (Gr. 6-9)
Subjects
Buried treasureIndians of North AmericaAdventure and adventurersJuvenile FictionAdventure and adventurers in fictionIndians of North America in fictionFictionBuried treasure in fictionMakah IndiansPacific northwest in fictionMakah Indians in fictionTreasure trovesIndians of north america, fictionChildren's fictionAdventure and adventurers, fictionBuried treasure, fictionNorthwest, pacific, fiction