Author: Audrey Penn
Illustrator: Philip Howard & Joshua Miller
Publisher: Terra Haute, Ind.: Tanglewood 2004
Series: Blackbeard quartet, 1
Annotation: As Halloween approaching, four friends Billy, Daniel, Stephanie, and Mark find themselves trapped in a secret underground tunnel on Ocracoke Island where they travelled to bury their eccentric friend Mrs. Nemmish the pirate as her last wish. While trying to escape, they will face with Blackbeard's ghost, secret tunnels, skeletons and a hidden treasure. Zeek, local scoundrel and direct descendent of Israel Hands who the treasure belonged to, is their rival on the way finding the hidden treasure.
This story is a full of mystery, suspense and adventure.
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