Yuma Public Library

"Are some secrets better left buried? As Amy and Dan track the next clue to a remote corner of the world, they make shocking discoveries about the source of the Cahills' power and the mystery of their parents' deaths. And as the threat of the mysterious Madrigals grows real, one of the clue-hunters makes the ultimate sacrifice. Amy and Dan have to decide how much they're willing to risk, and what they are fighting for. Can they avenge their parents...

Describes opals, including how they are formed, how they are mined and how they are cut and polished to make jewelry.

"The Merry Widow sweeps us back to the year 1855 - from the Arctic's shimmering frozen wasteland to the glittering ballrooms of New York's elite - and into the life of a daring woman who journeys through both to claim the elusive man she loves..." "When her father dies, Rachel Howland finds herself alone on Canada's remote Herschel Island, desperately longing for civilization. Running his ramshackle saloon in the frigid North is far from the life...