Dark Treasure

by Madye Lee Chastain

First in the trilogy about Emmy and Lissa. In 19th century New York, orphaned Lissa shares a secret with her dashing cousin Andy, a young sea captain, who returned from the Orient with a mysterious box.

First published January 1, 1954

About the author

Madye Lee Chastain was a children's book author and illustrator who wrote 17 children's books from 1945-1964, most of them for Harcourt, and she illustrated children's books written by other authors as well as her own. She studied at Oglethorpe University, but dropped out of the University to attend the Art School of High Museum in Atlanta. She later studied at Grand Central Art School in New York, and at Columbia University. She died in December 1989, in Boulder, Colorado.

Reviews

[CLM · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Be wary of fire, water, and secret places," the East Indian fortune-teller had said to Lissa. How did he know that she liked to run after fire engines and that she hadn't told anyone about the secret room where she had hidden the mysterious Oriental Box her dashing Cousin Andy had given her for safekeeping?

This book is actually a prequel to the better known Emmy Keeps a Promise. The third book in the trilogy is Magic Island.