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This is the second book in a series of three middle reader novels that follow the adventures of Caroline and Polly, two best friends, and Polly's brother, Joey. When Caroline's family moves from Ohio to Tucson, AZ, the children finds ways to get together during summer vacations. In this book, Caroline has lived in Arizona for one year when Polly and Joey come to visit. During their time in Tucson, the children learn about desert culture and history. They have the opportunity to go to an archaeological site at Chaco Canyon being supervised by Caroline's father, Dr. James. He and his assistant, Emma, teach the children about the ancients who lived in the area thousands of years previously. When visiting an outlying site, Joey stumbles upon artifact thieves and assists in their capture. Emma takes the group to her home on the Hopi reservation where the children are exposed to traditional Hopi ways. Throughout the trip, the children learn of past migratory connections between the ancients in the Southwest, Mexico and even Ohio.

This book is the third in a series for middle readers that explores ancient sites and cultures. The stories follow the adventures of two best friends, Caroline and Polly. The girls, and Polly's little brother, have the opportunity to visit sacred sites with Caroline's father and his colleagues from the University of Arizona. In this novel, they travel to Mexico to the ancient city of Palenque to explore an archaeological project where they learn about the Mayan culture, language and history. The visitors fall in love with the beauty of the surrounding rain forest. But Caroline and Polly venture too far into the jungle while following a beautiful Mayan bird and get lost during a storm. They spend the night in a small cave where they find a previously unknown ancient burial that could be the most important historical discovery of the decade.