Amy promises Natalie medical care for Isabel in exchange for the bracelet. Chasing after Amy, Isabel trips on the whole nutmegs Nellie throws in her path. Amy organizes a meeting with the Kabras and plans to steal the bracelet.

They are chased from the park by the Kabras, and Amy has a flashback to the wolf tooth charm on Isabel’s bracelet, an icon of the Janus line. Nellie remembers a letter her father had also given her that was addressed to “The Right Excellent Nanny,” a Jamaican hero who escaped slavery and established communities in the mountains for runaway slaves.Īt the hero’s statue in the park, Dan finds a piece of gold with letters pressed into it that refer to the Cahill family lines. She gives Nellie an earring that matches the ring in Nellie’s nose, a family heirloom given by her father. Lester, the librarian, introduces the children to his grandmother.

Dan also wears one of those symbols, the bear claw he found in the cave. The list includes Grace’s locket that Amy wears around her neck as well as symbols from each family line. At the library, they find a list of supplies for his ship. Witnessing the rescue through binoculars, the Kabras are convinced that Dan found something of importance.Īmy, Dan and Nellie travel to Jamaica in search of “Calico Jack” Rackham, a pirate who traveled with Anne Bonmy. After Amy bangs her head and passes out, Nellie pulls the children to safety. Inside the cave, the water level is rising, and Dan finds a chain with a bear claw on it. He warns her of many dangers that lie ahead.

While the children venture in, Nellie waits outside and is confronted by the man in black. On a pirate tour, they are given their next clue that leads them to a cave at the east end of the island.

In book nine, Amy and Dan travel with Nellie, their au pair, to the Bahamas in search of information about the notorious female pirate Anne Bonmy. Amy (14), her brother, Dan (11), and a number of their corrupt relatives have chosen to hunt for the clues. They can inherit $1 million or have the opportunity to search for 39 clues that, once found, will make them the most powerful people in the world. In the first book in the series, The Maze of Bones, Amy and Dan’s grandmother Grace dies and leaves them with a choice.

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