Summer of the Ghost is a mystery that links the lives of three generations in a bond of grief, adventure and ultimately reward. Four young lives are bound inextricably to the fate of a long dead miner lost in the depths of an old gold mine. Tom, whose alcoholic father walked out on his family leaving his wife struggling to raise and support the family. Rebecca has to struggle with workaholic parents who care more for their business then they do for their daughter. Daniel whose parents were the pillar of Warrandyte society and who felt he would never measure up to their lofty expectations. Mary an inner city girl whose family moved to the idyllic peace and quiet of Warrandyte to get away from drugs after her older brother was arrested. What power drew these four unlikely young friends together we will never know. However it was the start of a great adventure that would solve a mystery that has haunted the people of Warrandyte for almost one hundred years.