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169 pp.
| Candlewick |
February, 2009 |
TradeISBN 978-0-7636-3249-6$15.99
(2)
4-6
Hattie (Hill Hawk Hattie) needs all her resilience and bravery in her new life at Grandmother's house. Their fortune gone, Hattie tries to decipher a coded message from her grandfather that she hopes will lead to treasure. Clark delivers a taut, engaging story, balancing plot with a first-person narration that conveys Hattie's depth of emotion and her practical, problem-solving nature.