THE STAR SPANGLED SECRET

By K.M. Kimball

Book Overview

Caroline Dorsey refuses to believe her beloved older brother, Charlie, could have fallen from the deck of his ship and drowned. There's something that rings untrue in the story the ship's captain has... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0439385725
• ISBN13: 9780439385725
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Scholastic Press
• Length: 233 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.

Customer Reviews

An exciting historical mystery.

Thirteen-year-old Caroline Dorsey was devastated when her father and baby sister Rebecca died in a yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia. Unwilling to spend another summer in Philadelphia, Caroline's mother decided that she would take her two remaining children, Caroline and fourteen-year-old Charlie, and move to her father's Maryland plantation. But Charlie is determined to go to sea, and his mother doesn't have the will to refuse her son's greatest wish. Meanwhile, Caroline returns to boarding school in Philadelphia, where she receives a letter with news that Charlie has fallen off the deck of his ship and drowned. Caroline knows that can't be true. So she returns home, determined to discover the truth. I highly recommend this combination of history, mystery, suspense, and adventure.