C C Raubell

The Rise of Ammon's Sword (a Gray-eyed Girl Adventure) C C Raubell

The world's smartest eighth-grader is at it again!It was supposed to be a fun school trip, a chance to meet other science students at the National Junior STEM Summit in Iowa. But then a cow mysteriously dies on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River, and before you know it, Haley Quinn is neck deep in another adventure. A dangerous contagion set loose in a campus lab; a shadowy, intimidating hulk of a man with his own agenda; an inexplicable disease that threatens young Pete's life...and it's all tied to the secrets hidden in the earth up on Ammon's Bluff. Just why did the ancient Mound Builders of North America heap tons of dirt up here to create the shape of a massive turtle? Did they have a reason for choosing this particular hill? Can Haley decipher the age-old legends of these people and reveal the truth behind the famous Turtle Mound before it's too late?