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An exciting riverside mystery from the author of Tom s Midnight Garden.

David makes an amazing discovery: At the bottom of the garden, bobbing on the river, is a canoe. The Minnow. David can t help wishing he could keep her . . .

The Minnow leads him to Adam, and an extraordinary summer begins. Armed with a mysterious, ancient clue, the two boys set out along the river by boat. They re determined to find the legendary lost treasure, hidden by one of Adam s ancestors hundreds of years before.

But they are not the only people looking for treasure, and soon they are caught in a dangerous race against time . . .