Mystery At Deep Ravine

by Paula Sweeney, James Pirone

Overview

Byron Markham hates Indians, all Indians but especially Jake Montana. Byron’s great-great-grandfather Nathanial was a soldier with Colonel George Armstrong Custer's Seventh Cavalry. At the Battle of Little Bighorn, a group of soldiers were seen running from the battle and labeled deserters. After the battle, Nathaniel’s body was never found and he was branded a deserter, a shame that has haunted the Markham family, and especially Byron for over a hundred years. In Byron’s mind, Indian’s killed his great-great grandfather, stole his body and caused his shame.
While continuing his mind expansion experiments with scientist Carolyn Kramer and her daughter Pamela, Jake is transported back to Custer's famous battle. While there, he discovers a clue that might answer the riddle of the missing twenty-eight.
When Byron finds out that Jake may hold the key to the past, he pretends to make friends with Jake. Then convinces Jake to use his power to find the answer to the puzzle that has been plaguing the Markham family for overt a hundred years. What Jake doesn’t know is that Byron is willing to risk Jake’s life to do it.
Following clues, the boys sneak off together and discover an abandoned mine filled with ancient artifacts and the skeletons of bodies that might be the missing twenty-eight. While digging, they cause a cave-in and Byron is seriously hurt. He only has Jake to rely on. Will Jake be able to keep them alive? Will help arrive in time? Do they solve the age-old mystery? Discover the answer in the latest Jake Montana novel, MYSTERY AT DEEP RAVINE.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940016464688
Publisher:	JP Enterprises USA
Publication date:	02/24/2013
Series:	Jake Montana Mystery , #2
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	176 KB
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

About the Author

Paula Sweeney and James Pirone wrote and co-produced the Emmy nominated ABC Afterschool Special Daddy Can't Read, starring Edward Albert and Richard Roundtree. Daddy Can't Read was awarded the prestigious Stop, Look and Listen Award for excellence in children's programming by the organization, Action For Children's Television. James and Paula have also written episodes for the teen sitcom, Out Of This World and an historical novel set in Washington during WWII, called G-Girls. Paula has written and produced numerous television spots for NETworks Theatrical Productions of Broadway tours including, Cabaret, The Civil War, Cinderella, Jekyll & Hyde and Victor/Victoria. Paula co-wrote the 2006 and 2007 televised Lighting of the National Christmas Tree, and in 2007 and 2008, had the privilege to sing for the President during that event.