Victoria Pannell and Thorir Sigfusson

Book blurb...

It’s about to be one crazy summer when thirteen-year-old Brandon Woodberry and his best friends meet a salty old sea captain on his beloved tugboat, the Maryanne. Curiosity and excitement take over when the kids discover the captain—a once undercover detective—has ties to a decades cold robbery that took place in their neighborhood, and the kids are determined to join forces to solve the case. Plus, they want to do whatever it takes to keep the sea captain’s tug—the town’s prideful landmark—at the marina before it’s hauled-off for scrap metal. Brandon's pet crow, Ralph, really stirs things up when a valuable ruby ring disappears… is Ralph a troublemaker or a hero? And who would have guessed that this summer would change young Brandon's life? It’s an all-out search for the truth and the curious bond to the sea.