Scout: The Treasure of Rodensteyn Castle

Scout: The Treasure of Rodensteyn Castle

Scout Series
by Piet Prins
Trade Paperback, 132 pages
Price: $10.95

Historical Setting: The Netherlands, 1940s A. D.

When they are invited to spend a few weeks with Uncle Arnie at the seashore, little do Tom, Carl, and Bert realize that they will be staying in the hunting lodge of a medieval castle. Uncle Arnie is quite a storyteller. Soon the boys find their imaginations and the lodge people with ghosts from Rodensteyn Castle, a castle long ago buried under the sand. But do ghosts leave tracks, tracks that Scout follows into the sea? Are the legends of the ghost of Sir Isobald and the treasure of Rodensteyn Castle true? Is it a ghost that Tom spots in the dunes at night? Can Scout's nose, no matter how keen, help the boys solve a mystery over 400 years old? Past and present, fact and fiction merge as Tom and his friends search for a treasure that has outlasted the Ages.

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  A Historical Story Set in Another Country
Reece of Washougal, 8/27/2016
Three friends and a dog go on vacation with one of their uncles. The uncle lives in a hunting lodge of a castle that was buried by sand dunes in the Netherlands. There is said to be a treasure there. The three friends and the dog go in search of it. Once they find the castle they find a chest. They open the chest and find a Bible that belonged to the uncle's ancestor.
  Nice Story With Great Ending
Johan of OH, 2/10/2011
The description had me thinking "a ghost...? hm.... don't know if I want this for my child!". But Piet Prins didn't let me down: it's not a real ghost, but something the boys see: a person in the dark. Anyway.. the story is captivating and the end is wonderful and true. (Don't want to spoil it!)