Nikki Washington's plans have to change when her big-city cousin Tristan comes to visit for the summer. At first Tristan only makes fun of Nikki's small, mid-Michigan town. When the cousins begin to find clues to a mysterious treasure, things get a lot more interesting for him! Could the hundred-year-old stone structure honoring one of the town's first teachers be . . . more than a monument?
Ithaca, MI and many of the places in this story really exist. The long-ago people do too. Informational text at the end of most chapters helps sort fact from fiction.