"Lou and her friend Benzer prayed for an exciting summer, but they got more than they bargained for--after all, exciting can mean a lot of different things. When they overhear the county's plan to take her house, Lou's determined to save it by uncovering the mystery of a stash of stolen Civil War gold, and hopes her great-great-great-grandmother's newly found secret diary can help. But Lou discovers her relatives run the gamut of rebels, rapscallions, and even a bona fide hero; and she soon learns that we can never truly leave our past behind"--Back cover.
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