The kids find a message sealed inside an old bottle which leads them on a fantastic treasure hunt!
"New rules,” David tossed Nate his backpack. “From now on no one wanders off, everyone sticks together and no one takes off their pack. Not unless it's absolutely necessary, understand?”
Nate caught his pack and strapped it on, “Why, what’s wrong?”
John scanned the area with his light, "Someone or something cut our rope. We’re trapped in here unless we can find another way out.”
“Cut our rope?” Nate frowned. “Who would cut our rope?”
John shrugged, “I don’t know. I just know this is way more dangerous than we thought. Make sure your packs are shut tight. We don’t want to lose anything.”
“I think I found something," Nate aimed his light up ahead.
John’s eyes followed the beam to a faint trail on the cavern floor. “Okay, let’s check it out. You lead the way, but first hand me the paint. I’ll mark our route just incase we have to back track.”
"Good thinking,” Nate said passing him the can. “Otherwise we could get lost in here forever.”
Jenny aimed her light over the side of the cliff catching sight of the skeletons below. “I know one thing for sure — we'd better stay away from this edge. I don’t think any of us want to end up down there with them.”
“With who?” Michele tried to see.
“Never mind,” Jenny moved her light. “You don’t want to know.”
Excerpt
What would you do if you found a message in a bottle? One that foretold of treasure and death? Could you find it? Would you even try? And if you figured out, would you have the courage to go after it?
Puzzled by the scrap of paper she finds sealed inside a bottle, Jenny begins to question if the note is even real. Who was Gus? Who was after him? And, what kind of treasure was it? Determined to find out seven kids ages six through seventeen band together to search for Gus’ secret cache.
Join seven kids on an adventure inside The Mountain of Stone.
