Hello, readers! Rolo Vincent here. Welcome to the second-ever Story Pirates book! We took Phoebe’s idea and turned it into a WHOLE MYSTERY NOVEL!

If you came here to read a weird, exciting mystery and nothing else, flip ahead to Chapter 1 and dig in! I promise I won’t get mad. I’m a pirate—we’re very hard to offend.

Seriously. Flip ahead! Get outta here! It’s fine.

For those of you who DIDN’T flip ahead, I have an amazing surprise.

Digging Up Danger isn’t just an amazing mystery. It can help YOU create amazing mysteries of your own!

In the back of this book is the MYSTERY CREATION ZONE, a storytelling how-to guide! As you read the main story, Phoebe and I will pop up to point out parts of the MCZ that explain how Digging Up Danger was built from Phoebe’s idea—and how YOU can build your own mysteries!

Want to see how it works? Turn to this page to read “Can You Keep a Secret?” and “How Does the Mystery Creation Zone Work?”

Did you go? Are you back? Pretty cool, right? If you create any stories of your own using the MCZ, we’d love to see them! You can go online anytime (with the help of a parent or guardian) and share them with us at StoryPirates.com!

Ready to start Digging Up Danger? Turn the page!