About the Author

Sarah Saxton Strassberg is currently a PhD student at the University of Chicago, where she studies evolutionary biology with a focus on the ancestors of mammals and the evolution of digging. This is her first novel.

More about the book:

One summer, the adventurous and clever Jane, Jefferson, and Duffy Bearington encounter a bizarre mystery—a secret society wants something from them, but they don't know what!  Could it have something to do with their family's history with the infamous Blackbeard?  They must work together with their friends Mari and Ben Garcia to uncover the dark, hidden secrets of the North Carolina coast to find a long-lost treasure whose worth is beyond even their wildest dreams....before it's too late.