Andy Tyndall is a quiet, intellectual boy, not like his dynamic father, a naval hero of World War I. He spends the summers on Tyndall Farm with his grandparents in Gloucester County, Virginia. Andy meets Jessica May Haile. They become asummer friends, a discovering each other in new ways. They find a hidden note. It leads them to search for the mysterious aYankee Gold.a The search leads them to the Old House on the Island, where they encounter a dark family secret and a furious hurricane. At summeras end, Andy and Jessica May are separated. World War II breaks out and Andy must prove his courage aboard the destroyer USS LAFFEY in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. He is severely tested and wounded. In a chance encounter, he finds the last clue to the aYankee Gold.a He returns to find Jessica May, discover the aYankee Gold, a and save Tyndall Farm.
Andy Tyndall is a quiet, intellectual boy, not like his dynamic father, a naval hero of World War I. He spends the summers on Tyndall Farm with his grandparents in Gloucester County, Virginia. Andy meets Jessica May Haile. They become asummer friends, a discovering each other in new ways. They find a hidden note. It leads them to search for the mysterious aYankee Gold.a The search leads them to the Old House on the Island, where they encounter a dark family secret and a furious hurricane. At summeras end, Andy and Jessica May are separated. World War II breaks out and Andy must prove his courage aboard the destroyer USS LAFFEY in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. He is severely tested and wounded. In a chance encounter, he finds the last clue to the aYankee Gold.a He returns to find Jessica May, discover the aYankee Gold, a and save Tyndall Farm.