by Ron Roy
Last year I visited Plimoth Plantation again. I walked around the replica of the Mayflower passengers’ village. I poked around in their tiny homes, their school, their jail.
And then I got an idea for a book. What if, I asked myself, there was a bad person on the Mayflower? What if this person stole something valuable during the crossing? Slowly, the mystery took form in my mind. I did a lot of research and wrote Mayflower Treasure Hunt. I hope you enjoyed the story.
When Thanksgiving Day arrives, I hope you will spend a few minutes thinking about a small boat filled with brave, worried people crossing the wide Atlantic Ocean in search of a dream…
Happy reading!
Sincerely,
P.S. Be sure to look for the answer to the hidden message on the bottom of the next page. And please keep visiting my Web site at www.ronroy.com!
Did you find the secret message hidden in this book?
If you don’t want to know the answer, don’t look at the bottom of this page!
Answer:
JOSH ATE A WHOLE PIE FOR DESSERT
If you like the ,
you might want to read
GHOST HORSE
by George Edward Stanley
Emily got out of bed. She ran to the window and pulled back the curtains. In the moonlight, she could see the beautiful white horse!
Emily pinched herself. “Ouch!” Now she knew she wasn’t dreaming. The beautiful white horse was really there!
He started walking toward her window. But the closer he got, the paler he got.
Emily gasped. She could see through the horse!
“You’re … you’re a ghost!” she whispered.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Text copyright © 2007 by Ron Roy
Illustrations and map copyright © 2007 by John Steven Gurney
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Roy, Ron.
Mayflower treasure hunt / by Ron Roy; illustrated by John Steven Gurney.
p. cm. — “A Stepping Stone Book.”
SUMMARY: When Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose visit Plymouth, Massachusetts, for Thanksgiving, they uncover a mystery that dates back to the landing of the Pilgrims.
eISBN: 978-0-307-49673-7
[1. Mayflower (Ship)—Fiction. 2. Buried treasure—Fiction. 3. Mystery and detective stories. 4. Plymouth (Mass.)—History—17th century—Fiction.] I. Gurney, John Steven, ill. II. Title. III. Series: Roy, Ron. A to Z mysteries.
PZ7.R8139 2006 [Fic]—dc22 2006015992
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