Explore Scotland Backyard Book Series by Hale Verde

Explore Scotland Backyard

Scotland Backyard is a charming story, made to steep our readers in mystery and heroism. The kind that saves the world, falls in love, reaches for personal growth and discovery for our characters. This is the first installment, with more on the way - we sincerely hope you will love the world we have carved out and follow the story through to its end.

The Plot Thickens

Scotland, Washington

Towering mountains frame Scotland, Washington, a town wedged between Bremerton and Poulsbo like an anomaly nestled amidst towering pines. Whispers of classified Navy projects mingle with the scent of saltwater and echoing drills, hinting at secrets buried deep within. A single road pierces the dense forests, winding like a lifeline through ancient mysteries and chilling tales whispered on the wind. This is Scotland, WA, a place where the extraordinary bleeds into the ordinary, and every shadow seems to hold a story waiting to be unearthed.

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Scotland United Middle School

Founded alongside the town itself, SUMS rises from the very stones of a castle built by its elder Scotsman and founder, Knox McGregor Sr. His fervent belief in his knightly lineage imbues the classrooms with an air of chivalric adventure, evident in the towering suit of gleaming plate guarding the entrance and the weathered tapestries depicting forgotten battles.

BlueHand Corporation

BlueHand Corporation has a solid foothold over the town, founded in the 1920s - it has its hands into everything from supplying the military, to research and development in the tech and medical industry, advanced physics, quantum mechanics and artificial intelligence. What is its real mission? No one knows, but Jackson and Jiro have dedicated there young lives to uncovering its atrocities and wrong-doings.

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The Shaw Legacy

Jackson Shaw and his mother Clara Shaw live in the town of Scotland, Washington making a life, day by day. Jackson, ever the sleuth and obsessed hockey player is fascinated with uncovering all the mysteries of Scotland, Washington.

The Weirdness of Scotland

Between the Navy's experiments and 'accidental mishaps' of BlueHand's secret labs, the Scotland University's bolstering hyper-smart young college students and that the area seems to attract the greatest minds from all over the world and you have yourself a formula for what has been affectionately called "The Weirdness". Put that together with ancient groups laying claim to the Native American ruins strown about the town, the secret societies of would-be vampires, werewolves, immortals and yes, "The Weirdness" begins to have meaning.

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