"A legendary hidden treasure, an eccentric guy who collects stuff in a
mysterious castle, and five cool kids trying to connect the dots and
save the day, all of it brilliantly illustrated. WHAT'S NOT TO LOVE
HERE?"
--MAX BRALLIER, author of the NYT bestselling series The Last Kids on
Earth
Summer camp just became a whole lot more interesting when five curious
kids accept a mysterious project: work together as a team to uncover a
series of strange clues, reveal a secret path--and follow its twists and
turns to a legendary treasure!
Join in the fun in this lively, clever debut graphic novel sure to
appeal to fans of the Last Kids on Earth and Lumberjanes series.
Kyle is a new kid in town who likes to draw. Vic is a cool cheerleader
who's secretly a math whiz. Quiet Beth is a history buff, while goofball
Harry likes performing magic tricks, with the help of his patient
wingman, Nate. Five kids unlikely to form a team, for sure.
But then they're thrown together at summer camp, where they watch a
grainy old movie about the history of their town, Windrose, and one of
its illustrious citizens of a bygone era: the intrepid explorer-inventor
Henry Merriweather. He's the one who established their camp.
Merriweather's Camp Pathfinders' motto? Plus Ultra more beyond!
The five kids soon find there is indeed "more beyond" in their pokey
town with its weird weather and sudden geysers of smelly air.
Deciphering a route of historical markers leads them to Merriweather's
old castle, which is lined with ornate, beautiful tiles in hallways that
lead to secret rooms full of odd objects--and where time itself is
warped!
Kyle, Vic, Beth, Harry, and Nate witness scenes from Merriweather's past
and realize his experiments and eccentricities are pointing toward a
path--that could lead to the rumored lost treasure of Windrose.
This is the path our heroes are meant to follow, on a journey that will
take them back and forth through time, through woods, and across
waterways revealed by moonlight, right up to the looming Moon Tower
itself--which holds Merriweather's secret . . . and the treasure!
