Eleven-year-old Fish, seeking a way to help his family financially, becomes a reluctant cabin boy on a pirate ship, where he soon makes friends--and enemies--and is asked to help decipher clues that might lead to a legendary treasure.
Back cover: "A poem can seem like a labyrinth, a maze of words you can lose yourself in.
Against all the odds, Jack West Jr found the Three Secret Cities but at a heartbreaking cost.
It is the winter of 1670.
"Two murders at opposite ends of America - one in the back streets of New York, the other in the backwoods of Montana.
When the archaeologist who asked him to decipher a series of vitally important Templar symbols is murdered, historian Caedmon Aisquith embarks on a dangerous international adventure that leads him to mankind's supreme mystery.
Can one person heal an entire family-all while in the throes of her first big crush? It's a tall order for a small girl, but Felicity is determined to crack the Romeo and Juliet code.
Twelve-year-old Alvin and his best friend Shoie use their knowledge of codes and ciphers to solve a dangerous mystery.