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Map of Spindrift Island showing a house, landing strip, laboratories, apple orchard, farm, wooded land, pirates field, rocket launcher, and tidal flats adjacent to the New Jersey coasthis famous scientific laboratory. Between adventures (and sometimes in the middle of one), Rick is liable to invent some kind of Rube Goldberg gadget or other which plays a vital part in the solution of the mystery.

You'll like Scotty, too. He's a good guy to have around in a jam, and he packs an uppercut like the kick of a mule!

In the first book, THE ROCKET'S SHADOW, the adventure takes place right on Spindrift Island. In it Rick and Scotty prevent a treacherous gang from wrecking one of Mr. Brant's projects—a rocket that goes to the moon.

Drawing of three Rick Brant books