gold mine dredge skeleton creek book talk

Somehow they figured the mystery about the town’s name involved the deserted gold mine in the forest and the broken down dredge machine that was used to swallow up the earth in order to shake out bits of gold. There were secrets buried in Skeleton Creek that were meant to stay that way. They picked up a lead at the local library, but Gladys Morgan, the town librarian, warned them that she would not help them any further. Sarah and Ryan decided to find out why the town’s name was changed. Before 1959 it was called Linkford, a bland, respectable, safe name for a town. The town wasn’t always called Skeleton Creek. Its only claim to fame was a deserted gold mine nearby. There was nothing to do in their hole-in-the-wall town of theirs. What could anyone else expect they were bored. I was the one who put my life on the line.” “It ‘s not like she tricked me into anything. One of her favorite things to do was to take her video camera and interview complete strangers off the street and possibly the occasional hitchhiker that wandered into their dusty old town. He imagines Sarah wouldn't call them 'warning signs.' She would probably call them 'invitations.' She was the adventurous one. When Ryan looks back at what they started, he writes that he can see them, all the warning signs. He doesn’t know how to deal with what happened in any other way. He reflects over the events that have transpired by writing in his journal. And, what about Sarah? Is she okay?įinally strong enough to do what he loves best, which is to write, we read in Ryan’s journal entry that this is the first time since being in the hospital that he hasn’t been awakened by the sound of shuffling feet, the dry chalk-dust smell of his nurse’s skin, and the soft shaking of his shoulder. Something terrible has happened to Ryan, but we don’t know what exactly is wrong.

Their parents probably will never allow them to see each other again. Something tragic has happened to cause Ryan and his best friend Sarah to be split apart.

Like many of my favorite stories, this one begins in the middle of the action.

Gold mine dredge skeleton creek book talk