"Part high-seas adventure, part mystery, the storymakes for some page-turning reading.
[Listeners] will root for this underdog heroine and Peter, the vacationing boy she befriends, as they set
out to solve the mystery and put the ghostly crew to test.her friendship with Peter will carry fans of
mysteries and pirate lore along."Publishers Weekly

Vicki plans to spend her summer vacation waitressing at her father's seaside restaurant, Ye Olde Seashell
Room: a must-see tourist destination with seashell-covered walls and a two-hundred-and-thirty-year-old
figurehead from a lost ship, the Storm Goddess. But when the bay mysteriously goes dry and the
Storm Goddess suddenly appears, Vicki and her small community are thrown off course. Now the
town's greedy mayor sees dollar signs from potential new tourism, a nosy reporter smells something fishy,
and Vicki is haunted by ghosts! Can she, along with her friend, Peter, manage to get aboard the
Storm Goddess and unlock its ancient curse?

Reiche's masterfully plotted novel blends ghost story, pirate legend, and spine-tingling mystery into one
captivating adventure.

Dietlof Reiche is an award-winning author in his native Germany, where he has received the German Juvenile Literature Prize and the Oldenburg Children's Book Prize for his work. His series The Golden Hamster Saga, published in the United States by Scholastic Press, has been translated into thirteen languages. Reich lives in Hamburg, Germany, with his wife.

Marguerite Gavin grew up on the Chesapeake Bay. She holds an M.F.A. in acting and a B.F.A. in theater. An actress working in theater and audiobook narration, she is also artistic director of a youth theater program. She lives in the Washington, D.C., area with her husband and son.