Search for Treasure

Mary Alice Monroe, Angela May

• Publisher: Aladdin
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN: 9781534427310
• eBook ISBN: 9781534427327

The sequel to New York Times bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe's The Islanders, an "exciting, tender, and absolutely wonderful" ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review) story of friendship, loss, and the healing power of nature. Jake Potter is back on Dewees Island for another summer with his beloved grandmother, Honey. This time, Jake is excited that his dad will be there as he continues to recover from his injuries sustained in Afghanistan. But Jake also knows they both need get used to a new normal, which isn't easy.Jake also discovers that his two best friends, Macon and Lovie, are struggling as well. Macon is adjusting to being a big brother, while Lovie is navigating a new relationship with her dad, who has long been absent in her life. To cheer everyone up, Jake decides that the trio needs a new mission, just like they had the previous summer in saving the turtles. He discovers that his dad loved spending time in an old tree fort on the island, and there is a special treasure box hidden somewhere nearby. Jake just knows if he can find it, maybe his dad will be happy again—and he knows Macon and Lovie are the perfect fellow treasure hunters!Their search leads them to discover there might be actual buried treasure somewhere on Dewees, all while they battle some unwelcome guests on the island, of both the two- and four-legged kind! On the three friends' biggest quest yet, they realize that the treasures they really want in life were with them all along.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Map
• Dedication
• Chapter 1: Back to Dewees Island
• Chapter 2: Nature Makes Children of Us All
• Chapter 3: The Search for Treasure is On!
• Chapter 4: Finding Your Family History is Kind of Finding a Treasure Too
• Chapter 5: Teams Take Turns
• Chapter 6: Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover
• Chapter 7: Operation Island Invaders
• Chapter 8: Don’t Tease the Gators
• Chapter 9: Landscape Changes Over Time, Season by Season, Like We Do
• Chapter 10: Storm’s A’coming
• Chapter 11: A Tropical Depression
• Chapter 12: Seek and Ye Shall Find
• Chapter 13: One Thing About the Islanders: We Work Well as a Team
• Chapter 14: Today’s a New Day
• Chapter 15: Sometimes You Have to Let Go of the Past to be Free to Live Your Future
• Chapter 16: One Man’s Trash is Another Man’s Treasure
• Chapter 17: Real Friendship was About Loving Each Other Enough to be Honest
• Chapter 18: It’s the Alligator You Don’t See That’s the Most Dangerous
• Chapter 19: A Dangerous Situation
• Chapter 20: Things are Not Always as They Seem
• Chapter 21: The Thrill of the Hunt
• Chapter 22: True Friends are the Best Treasure
• Acknowledgments
• About the Authors
• Copyright