David Blake and his sister Sally have grown up with the legend of the Blake treasure, buried on one of the islands off Saturday Cove, a fishing village on the coast of Maine. One day, while lobstering in the bay, David and Sally seek shelter from a summer storm in an abandoned house on Blake's Island. There they find a musty chart that seems to be a definite clue. Curious and excited, they decide to solve the family mystery.<P> But Sally loses the chart, and David reckons without the troublesome interference of Roddy McNeil, a newcomer to Saturday Cove. Roddy's father threatens to buy Blake's Island and the children fear the treasure will be lost to them forever.<P> The mystery is heightened with the discovery of an unidentified eavesdroppers, the disappearance of a rare pewter button, and the fishermen's growing suspicion that it is David who is stealing lobsters from their traps.<P> Barbee Oliver Carleton successfully captures the special flavor of the Maine coast, and brings to children a story of unusual imagination and excitement.<P> "A savory sea tale exudes the salty tang and ruddy, weathered atmosphere of Cape Cod." – Kirkus
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Barbee Oliver Carleton. The Secret of Saturday Cove
The Secret of. Saturday Cove
Chapter. 1. JONATHAN’S CHART
Chapter. 2. AN ENEMY AND AN ISLAND
Chapter. 3. PROWLER ON THE DOCK
Chapter. 4. SALLY AND POKE
Chapter. 5 “A-HUNTING WE WILL GO!”
Chapter. 6. DISCOVERY AND DISASTER
Chapter. 7. EBB TIDE FOR DAVID
Chapter. 8. THE BIG BLOW
Chapter. 9. TO CATCH A FOX
Chapter. 10. TWO KINDS OF TREASURE
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BARBEE OLIVER CARLETON
ILLUSTRATED BY CHARLES GEER
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“It looks like we make a run for Blake’s,” he shouted, and he opened the motor wide.
Sally’s answer was lost in the quick roar. Dodging the tossing buoys, they made a broad arc around the point. Once beyond the shelter of the ledges, the little dory pitched sharply in the tide rip. Now and again the propeller rose out of water, and the motor coughed and hesitated.
