I love the cover of this book. Rain, the main character,
stands prominently on the lookout, a mysterious plane flying overhead with a
gold bracelet of intertwining snakes forming the letter “O” in the word ghost.
All of these images play a part in this “ghost” story mystery.
The story is set in the Florida Straits on eight islands
knows as “The Ghosts.” Sam Prospero Island
is the main island. Rain Cacique’s
family owns a Bed and Breakfast as well
as a boat for hire. Rain’s best friend
is Charlie. They entertain themselves by
playfully “shooting” and avoiding tourists who are always trying to snap photos
of them as “native” islanders.
Rain has always heard the beat of drums or music which warns
her of events to come. Her
ninety-year-old beloved grandfather Bastian gives her an armband of gold with
two snakes intertwined. He has felt
protected since his grandmother gave it to him after a severe war injury he
sustained in WWII.
When Rain puts the armband on, she begins to see a “Dark
Man” surrounded by eight other ghosts.
The eight are asking Rain to help them “go home” and are pointing into
the sea. Only thirteen-year-old Rain
sees the ghosts. Charlie begins to think
his lifelong friend is going crazy!
Throw in two dogs--Mag and Opie-- who occasionally act as
narrators and you have some idea what the first book in the series is about!
Let’s just say that the armband is a magic key which open
clues – a total of nine armbands will be needed to solve the entire
series. Rain and Charlie aren’t the only
ones trying to solve the mystery-- there are people willing to pay Callahan, an
Australian, $50,000 per armband!
I especially enjoyed Charlie and Rain’s relationship. Here is Charlie trying to explain Rain to
Miranda who doesn’t know Rain well-
“….trust me on this; she is the strangest person you’re ever going to
meet….but that is a good thing.”
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