“Full of magic, wonder and mystery.” – Layla Everitt, age 10
This second book in the Katie Watson Mysteries in Time series whisks readers, along with Katie and her cousin Imogen, back in time to the wild American frontier of 1828. In a world teeming with dangers, from renegade Indian warriors to horse thieves and wild animals, Katie and Imogen team up with Wattie, a half-Cherokee Indian boy, to survive.
But Wattie’s village is under attack, and at the heart of the Cherokees’ troubles is a stolen stone: the legendary Serpent Stone. Embarking on a dangerous river voyage to solve the mystery of the stone could save Wattie’s home. But Katie has a hunch that the quest might also lead her to discover who is behind her time-travel escapades.
This middle-grade young adventurer’s mystery has been heralded “The Huckleberry Finn for our times, a paean both to a forgotten America and its enduring values.” – Ruth Smith
