While eleven-year-old Hugh, his family, and his cousin Tom are spending the summer of 1943 on the South Carolina shore to escape the polio epidemic, Hugh uncovers clues that point to a German plot to sabotage a nearby naval base.
Explains how to draw some of South Carolina's sights and symbols, including the state seal, the official flower, and the "USS Yorktown," an aircraft carrier docked in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.