Intermediate Readers, Action & Adventure, Fantasy & Magic, Mysteries & Detectives 

While Peter is away from the island, James and the other Lost Boys discover a mysterious cave. Shining Pearl and her sister Little Scallop warn the boys that the cave is a dangerous place, inhabited by a creature known as the Goat Taker a beast so scary that even the Mollusk tribe fears it. But the boys can’t resist trying to discover the cave’s secrets. When the first of those secrets turns out to be a tantalizing hint of a famous haunted treasure, Captain Hook and his band of cutthroat pirates quickly join the hunt. Before long the children are fleeing for their lives in a dark and deadly underground labyrinth...and their only hope of escape is to solve the mystery of the Cave of the Dark Wind. 

Dave Barry is a Pulitzer Prize - winning author of more than a dozen books, includingDave Barry's Money Secrets; Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys;Dave Barry Slept Here;Big Trouble; andDave Barry Hits Below the Beltway. Along with Ridley Pearson, he is the co-author ofPeter and the Starcatchers, Peter and the Shadow Thieves,andEscape from the Carnivale. Ridley Pearson is the best-selling author of eighteen novels, includingThe Kingdom Keepers;Cut and Run;The Body of David Hayes;The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer;Beyond Recognition;Parallel Lies; andNo Witnesses. He was the first American to be awarded the Raymond Chandler/Fulbright Fellowship in Detective Fiction at Oxford University.
Greg Call studied graphic design at the Colorado Institute of Art in Denver. After graduating in 1983, he worked as an Art Director at the Colorado Institute of Art until the desire to do more illustrative work found him in Pasadena, California, attending The Art Center College of Design. Upon graduation in 1988, he began working freelance for clients in music, entertainment, and publishing. Greg has been recognized for his work repeatedly, including awards from the Society of Illustrators and Addy awards among others.