Gold for a Boat

Book Description
Three young friends search for gold in one of Bermuda’s underwater caverns, which leads to a hair-raising encounter with a band of modern-day pirates.

Card catalog description
Peter, Haakon, and Niels search for gold in one of Bermuda's underwater caverns and have an encounter with a band of pirates.

About the Author
Selene H.C. Weise is a graduate of Washington University and earned a doctoral degree from Syracuse University. Her two youngest children, their friend, and her husband inspired her to write Gold for a Boat. Weise is also the author of The Good Soldier: The Story of a Southwest Pacific Signal Corps Wac.


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Peter, Haakon, and Niels are in their last days of vacation at home in Bermuda before returning to school in England. They decide to look in a cave for lost pirate treasure and on their second trip, the boys find a small chest underwater. A hurricane crashes into the Bermuda coast while the boys are trying to retrieve the chest and they are stuck in the cave. Unfortunately, some American treasure hunters find the chest at the same time and want to claim it, too. While this should be a gripping story, it is parochial and predictable at all times. Families vacationing in Bermuda may enjoy the book, but the rest of us should plan on other vacation reading. 2001, Burd Street Press, $5.95. Ages 9 to 12. Reviewer: Wendy Pollock-Gilson


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