For Sami Solano change was a bad thinga]that is, until she discovered a secret that would change her life forever. At the beginning of summer, Sami and her family moved from the country to the big city. For this fourteen-year-old that meant disasteraa new school, new friends, and a whole new life. While vacationing on Crystal Island, Sami uncovers a small trinket box on one of her treasure hunts. The box is wrapped in a mystery that she and her friend Tommy are compelled to unravel. But the value of the treasure box lies not only in its history but in its future.