The Secret of the Moaning Cave

The first three periods went as usual for the students at Flagstaff Middle School. Fourth period promised equal predictability; that is, until an earthquake sent the students scurrying underneath their desks. A half-hour's drive into the Coconino national Forest, the epicenter of the 4.2 quake, at the top of an arroyo on Humphrey Peak, a small fissure opened to reveal a heretofore unknown cave...a small cavern, actually. Such an enticement for exploration could not be passed by for three eight-grade students, Alisa Seegmiller, Alex Novotny, and Seth Patterson, out for an exciting 2-hour ATV ride. This ride, however, would propel them into an adventure, the proportions of which would stretch time, space and their own teen-aged imaginations to the breaking point.