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Synopsis
A good salary and an all-expenses-paid summer spent a sprawling Arizona ranch is too good a deal for fledgling anthropologist D.J. Abbott to turn down. What does it matter that her rich new employer/benefactor, Hank Hunnicutt, is a certified oddball who is presently funding all manner of off-beat projects, from alien conspiracy studies to a hunt for dragon bones? There's even talk of treasure buried in the nearby mountains, but D.J. isn't going to allow loose speculation -- or the considerable charms of handsome professional treasure hunter Jesse Franklin -- to sidetrack her. Until Hunnicutt suffers a mysterious accident and then vanishes, leaving the weirdos gathered at his spread to eye each other with frightened suspicion. But on a high desert search for the missing millionaire, D.J. is learning things that may not be healthy for her to know. For the game someone is playing here goes far beyond the rational universe -- and it could leave D.J. legitimately dead.
Is Summer of the Dragon appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 16 and up.
This suspenseful mystery features an anthropologist investigating strange happenings at an eccentric millionaire's ranch, with moderate peril, a mysterious disappearance, and implied danger but no graphic violence or sexual content beyond mild romantic tension.
What to know going in
This book has moderate violence, mild sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include kidnapping, death, and violence.
Who'll love this
Teens will enjoy the treasure hunt mystery, eccentric cast of characters searching for dragon bones, and romantic tension between the smart protagonist and handsome treasure hunter.