McGuire

Eight messy bunkmates win the camp prize for cleanest cabin in this funny story about using fractions. Lucille Recht Penner was born in New York City and is an alumna of Barnard College. She has written more than twenty books for children on subjects ranging from dinosaurs to Native American food. One of her books for children was designated as an Ambassador Book by the English Speaking Union and two were selected as Honor Books by the Boston Globe/Horn Book Awards. Two more books were selections of the Children's Book-of-the-Month Club. Lucille lives in Tucson, Arizona. Paige Billin-Frye started her career illustrating Hallmark Cards before making the move to children's books. She has illustrated books published by Albert Whitman, Grosset & Dunlop, Dial Books, and Random House. Originally from Columbus, Georgia, Paige currently lives in Washington, D.C.

Wanderlust flows fast in Captain Garrett McGuire's veins. The last thing he wants is to be, tied to England. It's 1798, and the sea and the New World beckon. Before her untimely, death, Garrett's beloved mother and her best friend arranged a wedding pact between their children. But they picked the wrong daughter. The younger of the MacLeod daughters, Anne, is more comfortable with her hands in the dirt. She would rather be, anywhere than at a ball, because her heart was, claimed years ago by someone, promised to her beloved sister. How, and at what cost, can a longstanding plan be upset?

For Captain Garrett McGuire, neutrality is not an option. He was commissioned to find a treasure that will fund continuation of the Napoleonic war, but everyone wants their cut. No one is trustworthy, and he is captured, imprisoned, and tortured, his ship claimed as bounty by the Americans who want him to relinquish the treasure. Garrett's wife, Bessy, capable and fearless, learns from escaped crew members where her husband is held. She entrusts the children to their aunt and embarks on a journey to do the impossible-brave intervening battlefields, go the distance, risk all to rescue her man. When she becomes an objective in the hunt for the riches that could change the war, can she outsmart and outmaneuver the danger threatening herself and her family?