"Local legend has it that a slave master was buried standing up in the plantation's family tomb. Why? So that he could continue overseeing his slaves--even in death! When the Qwikpickers hear about this, they decide it's high time to administer some 200-year-overdue justice and knock him down. Mission Kick a Corpse is on"-- Provided by publisher.
Despite her parents' rules about the Qwikpick Adventure Society, Marilla and her friends are off on another adventure when they hear a local legend about a slave owner's grave.