The Mystery of Rascal Pratt

A tiny, storm-battered boat washes ashore in a remote cove somewhere north of San Francisco; three young friends rescue its delirious, adolescent passenger who spurns their friendship and instead boasts of being a pirate, an outrageous claim that all assume to be the product of a broken mind. Yet, time and again, the unfriendly newcomer demonstrates enough swashbuckling moxie to become the trusted partner in an elderly man's search for a rumored treasure. When piratical skill alone fails to carry the day, an alliance of necessity is forged among the four youth — though not without uncovering buried secrets in the process, testing identities and setting off cannon-fire.

Robbie Scott grew up in South Carolina. He received his B.S. at the College of Charleston in Marine Biology. He resides in San Francisco, where he raises his family and works as an engineer and technical writer.