About this item
Robert Beatty, author of the Serafina Series, has crafted a brand-new story filled with mystery and adventure.. Thirteen-year-old Sylvia Doe has lived at the Highground Home for Children nearly all her life. Whenever the administrators try to place her with a foster family, she runs away--back to Mason, Highground's caretaker and her best friend. The only place she feels like she belongs is with him and the horses he has taught her to love.. When a powerful storm causes the remote mountain valley where she lives to flood, Sylvia begins to encounter strange and wondrous things floating down the river. Glittering gemstones and wild animals that don't belong--everything's out of place. Then she spots an unconscious boy floating in the water.. As she drags him onto the shore and their adventure together begins, Sylvia wonders who he is and where he came from.
About the Author
Robert Beatty writes novels about the relationship between nature and humans. "Sapo" is an adventure-mystery about a young computer nerd named Henry who gets involved with an exciting international spy-courier named Jett. Their life-threatening adventures take them through the streets of Detroit, into evil pharmaceutical companies, and ultimately deep into rainforests of the Peruvian Amazon. "Journey of the Tern" is a simpler, quieter story about an automotive executive who encounters an alternative sustainable society with solar electricity and hydrogen-powered automobiles.
