Although 12-year-old Anny and Scout Bradford are identical twins, the resemblance ends with their blond hair and blue eyes. Scout is outdoorsy, good at all things athletic, and a dedicated Girl Scout. Anny is different, very different. She sees things that other people don't. Most grownups thing she's crazy or lying--even her own family. Everyone, including Anny, wonders what's wrong with her. When Anny sees a startling vision of a warrior on a trip to the Navajo Nation, once again, no one believes her--no one except her close friend, Eric Larson. He knows what it's like to be misunderstood--he's deaf. Anny senses her vision has something to do with lost treasure, an unexplained fire, and two visiting archaeologists. She and Eric set out to convince Scout and their friend, Ben Lapahie, that the mysterious warrior is real. But is he good or evil? Is he leading them to the answers to the location of the treasure and who set the fire or to an untimely end?
Carol J. Amato grew up in Portland, Oregon. Among her memorable books for young people is 50 Nifty Science Fair Projects and the Breakthroughs in Science series. The Lost Treasure of the Golden Sun, the first book in her paranormal middle-grade mystery series, The Phantom Hunters, won an honorable mention in the 2007 Hollywood Book Festival. She plans future books on her year in boarding school and at sea on an oil tanker. Ms. Amato has a B. A. in Spanish and French from the University of Portland in Portland, Oregon, and an M. A. in Cultural Anthropology from California State University, Fullerton, California. She is listed in Who's Who of American Women, Who's Who in the West, Who's Who in Orange County, and the World Who's Who of Women.
