Young Whit

This Odyssey book series explores the history of the much-loved character John Avery Whittaker. The series introduces newcomers to the larger world of Odyssey. For readers who are already Odyssey-philes, the novels provide the history of the franchise's most important character.Whit and his family (father, Harold; stepmother, Fiona; half-sister, Charlie) have just moved to Provenance, NC, in the middle of the Great Depression. Harold will be teaching at nearby Duke University. Not-quite-10-year-old Johnny soon makes a friend in Emmy, who lives across the street and joins him in his adventures. At his new school, he encounters a bully who makes his life miserable, and he makes a new friend in Huck, the custodian. Both of them play key roles in the mysteries and action.The central mystery in book 1 involves Confederate gold missing since the end of the Civil War and the question of whether Johnny's ancestor was the coward and thief who stole it, as everyone believes.

The Young Whit series explores the history of the much-loved Adventures in Odyssey character John Avery Whittaker. The series introduces newcomers to the larger world of Odyssey. For readers who are already Odyssey fans, the novels provide the history of the franchise's most important character. In book 2, the backstory of Whit continues with more intriguing mysteries and exciting action. A dead body is found in a coffin previously hidden under the floor in an old, supposedly haunted mansion. Questions swirl around its identity and what that means for Whit and his family. Another mystery spanning the first 5 books in the series is the meaning behind an old journal bequeathed to Whit by his grandfather and an ancient cloth that seems to have the power to heal.