Publisher's Synopsis
The Boston area has been hit hard by a new wave of commercialisation. Historic sites have yielded to the lure of big bucks - the Hard Plymouth Rock Café, an air-conditioned monorail excursion that traces the trail of Paul Revere's Ride, and more. And now, C. Robinson Fetchley, a shady developer, is planning to make history by breaking ground for his tenth entertainment mega-park - but he needs to get his hands on the Duncan Oakes School first. While everyone else in town is in love with this garish future, young Benjamin Pratt is in love with the past, the real past. He is one of those rare middle schoolers who already knows what he wants to do in life: he wants to be an historian. And right now, the only thing he likes about is educational experiences is Oakes School itself. It so old; it's so interesting. It's so full of stories.
