The Secrets of the Stone: A Lottie Lipton Adventure

By Dan Metcalf and Rachelle Panagarry

Welcome to the British Museum, home to Lottie Lipton: nine-year-old investigator extraordinaire! There's been a break-in at the British Museum and someone's after the priceless Rosetta Stone. When Lottie spots a hidden message, she and her friends might be on the verge of a great discovery. Can they follow the clues, and what will they find if they do?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lerner Publishing
• Release date: Aug 1, 2017
• ISBN: 9781512468168

Dan Metcalf

This is the story of Dan Metcalf and his son’s walk through cancer. He currently lives in a small town outside of Kansas City, Missouri, with his wife, Susan, and their son, Stephen.

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To Charlie & Isaac

Copyright © Bloomsbury Education 2016

Text copyright © Dan Metcalf

Illustrations © Rachelle Panagarry

This Americanization of The Secrets of the Stone: A Lottie Lipton Adventure is published by Darby Creek by arrangement with Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Metcalf, Dan, author. | Panagarry, Rachelle, illustrator.

Title: The secrets of the stone : a Lottie Lipton adventure / by Dan Metcalf ; illustrations by Rachelle Panagarry.

Description: Minneapolis : Darby Creek, [2018] | Series: The adventures of Lottie Lipton | Summary: After a late night break-in at the British Museum, nine-year-old investigator Lottie and her friends discover a clue on the Rosetta Stone that may lead them to the legendary Trident of Neptune.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016053967 (print) | LCCN 2017006411 (ebook) | ISBN 9781512481808 (lb : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781512481907 (pb : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781512481969 (eb pdf)

Subjects: | CYAC: Museums—Fiction. | Antiquities—Fiction. | Rosetta stone—Fiction. | British Museum—Fiction. | Mystery and detective stories.

Classification: LCC PZ7.1.M485 Sec 2017 (print) | LCC PZ7.1.M485 (ebook) | DDC [Fic]—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016053967

Manufactured in the United States of America

1-43159-32921-1/30/2017

Contents

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Glossary

Did You Know?

Crack the Code!

Chapter One

London, 1928

BANG!

Lottie jumped at the noise, almost spilling her cocoa on her cardigan and skirt. The sound echoed off