Rusty Ryan and trouble, seem to go together. First up, he has a run in with some modern day pirates in the form of bird smugglers. When Rusty upsets their plans he finds himself fighting for survival. Next, he and his mates find themselves in an abandoned gold mine. Without warning the mine entrance caves in and traps them inside with no apparent way out. Then something unusual happens and Rusty begins to wonder if the long dead miners are not still in there with them. But Rusty's biggest adventure comes when he discovers an old diary, which may have belonged to a famous bushranger . He suddenly finds himself at odds with the law and this time he could be in real trouble. These three stories are great reading for kids who love excitement and can see themselves responding to danger in the same way as our hero Rusty does.