The Rogue of Riverbend Kids’ Stories Book

Description

In the misty, quiet town of Riverbend, eleven-year-old Romy is known only as “the Rogue.” With a pocketful of mischief and a heart full of wildness, she’s more at home poling her skiff through whispering reeds than navigating the town’s tidy streets. So when the prized Founder’s Day pike is stolen, everyone is quick to blame the girl who speaks the language of the river better than their own.

Framed and friendless, Romy’s only hope of clearing her name lies in solving the crime herself. But her search uncovers something far more mysterious than a missing fish: a cryptic map, hidden in a bottle, that points toward a forgotten island and a secret that has been sleeping for fifty years.

She’s not the only one searching. A shadowy Collector has come to Riverbend, a man who desires the river’s long-lost treasure for his own greedy reasons and will stop at nothing to claim it.

Teaming up with a grumpy old fisherman and a clever otter, Romy must race against time, solve the riddle of the Glow-Moss Grotto, and find a treasure that isn’t made of gold. To save the town’s most precious memory, the girl they call a rogue will have to become the hero they never expected.