Larry Votava

The Mahogany Ship Larry Votava

En route to the family's summer holiday camp at Frigate Bay, Robert Cabriata reads a newspaper report that a shipwreck has been found at the front beach: could the wreck possibly be the fabled Mahogany Ship? Although the report turns out to be a red herring, the government puts up a reward of fifty thousand dollars to whoever finds the mysterious ship, and Frigate Bay, afloat with tourists, becomes gripped with treasure-hunting. Robert, swept along by this mystery, gets a spellbinding clue from the elderly Frigate Bay campground caretaker, and determines that he will find the Mahogany Ship and claim the reward. But Robert is only thirteen, and finds himself battling a pirate, the peculiar Crabapple boys, and a town full of treasure-seekers. What's more, he has to grapple with his sudden interest in girls, a body raging with hormones, and a world he's unsure of.