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Trouble At Riverside Academy
Trouble At Riverside Academy
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It is Rachel’s final term at Riverside Academy, and she’s enjoying every second of it. The fun lessons, strolling among the flower beds, and, best of all, being with Benjamin. Yes, she thinks life at Riverside is the best—until a man visits her school. A man she’s never met. Or so she believes. For this man knows her very, very well…and so starts a wild adventure full of bank robbers and hidden gold. Suddenly nobody is who they seem, and Rachel must decide whom, if anybody, to trust.

Book Details

Genre: 

  • Juvenile Fiction

Age Level: 

  • 8 - 12

Easter is over, and head couple Rachel Smith and Benjamin Thornton are walking in the garden and discussing their last term at Riverside Academy when their headmistress, Lady Simpson, introduces them to a man from the navy named Mr. Stallion.

Rachel has just returned to Riverside Academy from her Easter vacation. One day a mysterious man comes for a tour of her school. When he sees her wearing her bracelet, he returns to his car and speeds away. The next day he comes for a tour again. The day after that, Rachel and her friend Benjamin walk to the post office. While Benjamin runs in to mail some things, Rachel stays outside enjoying the view. All of a sudden, a paper note comes flying and hits her on the head. Rachel unfolds the note, and it reads, “Meet me at one o’clock tonight at the gates to the school.

Trouble at Riverside Academy is about a girl named Rachel, who is in her final term at school. She is enjoying every second of it, until she receives a mysterious letter from "Mr. S." Things start to go awry when Rachel makes a bad decision and helps the wrong people. Rachel knows what she should do, but it’s not as easy as one might think. Things get complicated—and quickly! How can Rachel get out of this mess?

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