An eighteenth-century figurehead, the journal of a ship's quartermaster, and supernatural occurrences at a seaside resort lead twelve-year-old Vicki and her friend Peter on a quest to lift a curse and set right a horrible deed committed two hundred and thirty years in the past.

"First Scholastic paperback printing, January 2006"--Verso t.p. "This edition is available for distribution only through the school market."--P.[4] of cover.