In 1898, twelve-year-old Ben rescues a near-drowned girl from a shipwreck off the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Although the girl, named Teetoncey, becomes part of his family, she will not utter a single word.

I wasn't sure there was enough story here to hold my 8 year old's attention, but he got very involved with the characters and as soon as we finished this one, he wanted me to start the next book in the series. It helped that we read it while we were visiting the OBX! ( )