Compass South (Hb)

It?s 1860 in New York City. When 12-year-old twins Alexander and Cleopatra?s father disappears, they join the Black Hook Gang and are caught by the police pulling off a heist. They agree to reveal the identity of the gang in exchange for tickets to New Orleans. But once there, Alex is shanghaied to work on a ship that is heading for San Francisco via Cape Horn. Cleo stows away on a steamer to New Granada where she hopes to catch a train to San Francisco to find her brother. Neither Alexander nor Cleo realizes the real danger they are in ? they are being followed by pirates who think they hold the key to treasure. How they outwit the pirates and find each other makes for a fast-paced, breathtaking adventure.*This book may have remainder mark*

Product Overview
ISBN 9780374300432
Categories 6-8, 9-12, Children's Books, Comics, Kanak-Kanak/Children
Author(s) Hope Larson
Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Weight 0.83 kg