{"product_id":"the-swallowtail-legacy-2-betrayal-by-the-book-9781645950509","title":"The Swallowtail Legacy 2: Betrayal by the Book","description":"\u003cb\u003eA writer's conference brings twelve-year-old Lark's favorite writer--and a suspicious death--to Swallowtail Island, in the second book in this middle grade mystery series by an Edgar Award-nominated author.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSwallowtail Island is hosting the Swallowtales Writer's Conference. Lark's ecstatic to be chosen as a \"page\" for her favorite author, Ann E. Keyhart. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut they say you should never meet your idols. When Keyhart arrives with her personal assistant in tow, she is nothing but a terror. And within a few hours, the assistant is dead! But the explanation isn't sitting well. Not when lots of people had reasons to want to be rid of Keyhart, and especially not after it's revealed the assistant recently completed a hot new novel and the file's vanished from her computer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen Lark finds out the assistant had a bird--the match to the one she found hidden in her mom's book--and she needs answers. It looks like Swallowtail Island still has secrets to reveal, and Lark's going to uncover them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA gripping new chapter in the Swallowtail Legacy series, Mike D. Beil spins another clever clue hunt that seamlessly slips in alongside the best classics of middle grade mystery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a time not long after the fifth extinction event, Edgar Award-nominated author \u003cb\u003eMichael D. Beil\u003c\/b\u003e came of age on the shores of Pymatuning Lake, where the ducks walk on the fish. (Look it up. Seriously.) He is the author of the Red Blazer Girls series, \u003ci\u003eSummer at Forsaken Lake\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLantern Sam and the Blue Streak Bandits\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAgents of the Glass: A New Recruit\u003c\/i\u003e. For reasons that can't be disclosed until September 28, 2041, he now lives somewhere in Portugal with his wife and their two white cats, Bruno and Maisie. He still gets carsick if he has to ride in the back seat for long and feels a little guilty that he doesn't keep a journal. For more on the author and his books, visit him online at www.michaeldbeil.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Pixel+ink","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50625650196754,"sku":"9781645950509","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9c369277-48c9-4712-8dc6-6f3e99c48285.jpg?v=1746298175","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-swallowtail-legacy-2-betrayal-by-the-book-9781645950509","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}