The Crow's Ring: Middle-Grade Fiction (The Crow's Tales)

What begins as a fun summer turns wild and crazy when thirteen-year-old Brandon Woodberry and his best friends meet a salty old sea captain with ties to an unsolved 1930s jewelry heist. Determined to both crack the case and save the captain’s tugboat before it’s hauled off for scrap metal, Brandon & Co. follow their noses and a series of enticing clues. But the heat is on after Brandon’s pet crow, Ralph, turns up with a valuable missing ring, and the line between hero and villain gets murky. Can Brandon and his friends — both feathered and non — solve the cold case, clear their names, and rescue the tugboat before time and luck run out? Join Brandon for another adventurous summertime romp as he searches for the truth and discovers a curious bond to the sea. Don't forget to read THE BIRD CAPER and THE BIG DREAM in The Crow's Tales series. Laugh-out-loud mystery adventures to entertain young readers and adults, too! The Crow’s Ring was always going to be a mystery adventure, like the rest of the series. The Captain’s tugboat, the Maryanne, is key to the story. It’s based on Thorir’s childhood in Iceland, where he’d go to the harbor and watch the ships his father sailed on.