The Truth According to Blue

A heartfelt middle grade adventure about one girl|s search for sunken treasure, friendship, and her place in the world.Thirteen-year-old Blue Broen is on the hunt for a legendary ship of gold, lost centuries ago when her ancestors sailed to New York. Blue knows her overprotective parents won|t approve of her mission to find their family|s long-lost fortune, so she keeps it a secret from everyone except her constant companion, Otis, an 80-pound diabetic alert dog. But it|s hard to keep things quiet with rival treasure hunters on the loose, and with Blue|s reputation as the local poster child for a type 1 diabetes fundraiser.Blue|s quest gets even harder when she|s forced to befriend Jules, the brainy but bratty daughter of a vacationing movie star who arrives on the scene and won|t leave Blue alone. While Blue initially resents getting stuck with this spoiled seventh grade stranger, Jules soon proves Blue|s not the only one who knows about secrets -- and adventure.Will Blue unravel a three hundred year-old family mystery, learn to stand up for herself, and find the missing treasure? Or is she destined to be nothing more than "diabetes girl" forever?