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The Secret of Saturday Cove is set during one summer in Maine, where a boy, David Blake, has learned how to trap lobsters, called “lobstering.” His sister Sally helps him, aided also by his friend Elijah, who goes by the nickname, Poke. Saturday Cove is a beautiful harbor, with a number of mysterious islands out in the bay. The author, Barbee Oliver Carleton, was born and raised in Thomaston, Maine (where General Henry Knox’s museum is located), so she nicely recreates the authentic atmosphere, dialect, and geography. This book is a lovely story, based on an exciting hunt for valuables that the Blake ancestors hid from a raiding British frigate during the American Revolution. But interwoven is a mystery about a lobster thief, a false accusation, fear of the water that must be overcome by Sally and Poke, and forgiveness and redemption. The Secret of Saturday Cove never won any awards but is a wonderful story. Reading it may serve to introduce a child to the genre of mysteries and detective fiction that so many adults enjoy. It is written at a middle school or upper elementary school level. The delightful pen and ink illustrations were done by Charles Geer, an illustrator renowned for his work in the various Mad Scientists’ Club books, the Alvin Fernald series, and the Miss Pickerell books.