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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
A Yoto Original adaptation of the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. The perfect introduction to this swashbuckling story for young listeners. Narrated by Greg Lockett, and brought to life with music, sound effects, and a full cast.
Jim Hawkins' world turns upside down the moment a seafaring captain checks into his family's inn carrying a secret map leading to buried treasure. With the help of Squire Trewlaney and Dr. Livesey, Jim sets sail...
2) Holes
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"Stanley Yelnats is under a curse. A curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather and has since followed generations of Yelnatses. Now Stanley has been unjustly sent to a boys' detention center, Camp Green Lake, where the boys build character by spending all day, every day digging holes exactly five feet wide and five feet deep. There is no lake at Camp Green Lake. But there are an awful lot of holes. It doesn't...
3) Gargantis
Author
Series
Legends of Eerie-on-Sea volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
There's a storm brewing over Eerie-on-Sea, and the fisherfolk say a monster is the cause. Someone has woken the ancient Gargantis, who sleeps in the watery caves beneath this spooky seaside town where legends have a habit of coming to life. It seems the Gargantis is looking for something: a treasure stolen from her underwater lair. And it just might be in the Lost-and-Foundery at the Grand Nautilus Hotel, in the care of one Herbert Lemon, Lost-and-Founder....
Author
Series
Ivy + Bean volume 12
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After meeting Herman the Treasure Hunter during a career fair at Emerson School, every second-grader is looking for treasure and finding it--except for Ivy and Bean.
Author
Series
Powwow mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Reycraft Books, an imprint and trademark of Newmark Learning, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Follow the twins, Jamie and Marie, as they follow the treasure map that was given to them by a old family friend.
7) Stingers
Author
Series
Sharks Incorporated volume 2
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
While in the Bahamas with Doc Ford, who is investigating invasive lionfish, Maribel, Luke, and Sabina find precious artifacts but outlaws learn of their find and come after them.
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 18
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Geronimo goes to a desert island in search of haunted pirate treasure.
Author
Publisher
Greystone Kids
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A book to inspire children to hunt for treasures in the natural world. Little Bear is a treasure finder. And he finds the most wonderful things: a shiny button, a tickly feather, a cozy hiding place, a tree to scratch, and even a shy, soft piece of lint. The other animals, however, don't understand Little Bear's treasures. "Just junk," they say. Except for one... When Little Bear meets Little Bird, it's the beginning of a wonderful friendship. Together,...
Author
Publisher
Maverick Arts Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Captain Calamity arrives in their classroom looking for treasure, the students jump in to help him find it before the scary Pirate Bloodloss catches up and steals it.
Author
Series
My weirder school volume 4
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After budget cuts threaten the art and music programs at Ella Mentry School, as well as some services, groundskeeper Burke finds gold and "gilver" on the playground, causing a modern-day gold rush.
12) Notorious
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Keenan has lived all over the world but nowhere quite as strange as Centerlight Island, which is split between the United States and Canada. The only thing weirder than Centerlight itself is his neighbor Zarabeth, aka ZeeBee. ZeeBee is obsessed with the island's history as a Prohibition-era smuggling route. She's also convinced that her beloved dog, Barney, was murdered--something Keenan finds pretty hard to believe. Just about everyone on Centerlight...
13) Pirate adventure
Author
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
When they are taken aboard a pirate ship, Mr. Happy and his friends must perform various jobs, including finding a sunken ship and its buried treasure.
14) The hidden room
Author
Series
Treasure troop volume 2
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Marly, Isla and Sai--now officially known as the Treasure Troop--continue to work on clues from neighbor Mr. Summerling's life, this time investigating mysteries surrounding his house.
Author
Series
Publisher
Andersen Press USA
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Elmer, Wilbur, and three friends find a kind of palace in the jungle. The others think that the famous lost treasure must be inside, so they race around looking for it. Only Elmer the patchwork elephant and his cousin Wilbur have noticed the real treasure.
Author
Series
Sherlock Society volume 1
Pub. Date
2024.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Twelve-year-old Alex Sherlock, his thirteen-year-old sister Zoe, and their friends Lina and Yadi decide to spend their summer in Miami investigating the many "cold cases" their grandfather accumulated during his years as a reporter -- first up, Al Capone and a buried treasure.
Author
Series
Owl diaries volume 12
Publisher
Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Eva Wingdale and her owl classmates are on a camping trip to the other side of the forest, where one of the assignments is to make useful inventions--but Eva and Lucy become totally distracted by the legend of Nellie Wingdale, founder of Treetopolis and her buried treasure, and never finish their project.
Author
Series
Publisher
Running Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The fourth globe-trotting installment in the exciting Secret Agents Jack and Max Stalwart series. Now Jack teams up with his older brother Max to solve a thrilling California puzzle, using their special training as Global Protection Force agents. In the foothills of California's Sierra Nevada Mountains, an unbelievable discovery is made: $10 million in rare coins dating back to the California Gold Rush! Secret Agents Jack and Max Stalwart are sent...
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Join this crew of pirates on a high-seas quest for treasure. These salty dogs are off to fetch some gold, and no whale, skeleton, or thunderstorm can stand in their way. But our brave buccaneers best beware--there may be even more trouble ahead!"--Page [2] of cover.
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