Four Points Book 1 Compass South HC

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New York City, 1860. When 12-year-old twins Alexander and Cleopatra's father disappears, they join the Black Hook Gang and are caught by the police pulling off a heist. They agree to reveal the identity of the gang in exchange for tickets to New Orleans. But once there, Alex is tricked into working on a ship that is heading for San Francisco via Cape Horn. Cleo stows away on a steamer to New Granada, where she hopes to catch a train to San Francisco to find her brother. Neither Alex nor Cleo realizes the real danger they are in - they are being followed by pirates who think they hold the key to treasure! How they outwit the pirates and find each other makes for a fast-paced, breathtaking adventure.