The Captain's Chest

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A new Mogi Franklin Mystery for middle-grade students takes the reader to the Caribbean island of St. John - a paradise of tropical jungles, ocean activities, and a sweltering climate. While visiting his sister as she works at an island resort, Mogi is drawn into searching for a buried treasure chest. In 1718, Blackbeard the pirate chased a Dutch merchant ship onto the island. The Dutch crew escapes, buries the captain's chest, travels back to Barbados to get another ship, and eventually set out to retrieve the chest. But Blackbeard is waiting and, this time, no one escapes. The chest is never found - waiting 300 years before a young man from Utah to be in hot pursuit. But before he can get to treasure hunting, mysterious things happen - Jennifer's computer and camera are stolen, a new friend is kidnapped, and there are no clues. Drawn into gripping dangers, Mogi and Jennifer must battle a vicious hurricane to find their friend and to reveal the crimes of the evil kingpin of the island. The Captain's Chest is a fast-moving, cleverly plotted mystery that demands that Mogi and Jennifer risk all to discover the truth.