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Author
Series
Caitlin Strong novels volume 4
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
1818: In the Gulf waters off the Texas coast, the pirate Jean Lefitte and his partner Jim Bowie launch an attack on the Mother Mary, a slave ship carrying an invaluable treasure. The Present: Fifth-generation Texas Ranger Caitlin Strong finds herself investigating the murder of the oil rig crew that had found the long-lost wreckage of the Mother Mary. Caitlin Strong, a fifth-generation Texas Ranger, sometimes works as a psychological therapist, in...
42) Treasure
Author
Series
Dirk Pitt adventures volume 9
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
c1988
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 27
Language
English
Description
A conspiracy of evil reaches from the Arctic Circle to Tierra del Fuego, involving a violent rise of fundamentalism in Mexico and Egypt that has the U.S. captive in its own borders. Dirk Pitt is determined to find the ancient books from the library of Alexandria.
43) Treasure Island
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2000?]
Language
English
Description
Long John Silver and a cabin boy match wits in this outstanding Disney tale.
44) Good as gold
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Casey's life in Langston has been charmed. She's the queen bee of her prep school, a shoo-in for prom queen, and on her way to the Ivy League come fall. She can't wait to leave the whole town of Langston behind her. That is until her father loses his job and she finds herself on the brink of losing her ticket out of town. The town of Langston is known for its picturesque lake and robust summer tourism. Everyone who lives in town has heard the rumors...
45) Oona
Author
Series
Oona volume 1
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Oona and her best friend Otto love to search for treasure...and often find trouble instead. Messy trouble. Tricky trouble. Even shark-related trouble. That's never stopped them before, though! After all, no proper treasure hunt is without some adventure. But when the grandest treasure yet is stuck in a deep, dark rift, Oona's not sure if she can dive right in. What might be waiting for her in those unknown waters?
46) Notorious
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Told in different voices, on Centerlight Island, halfway between the United States and Canada, middle-schoolers Keenan and ZeeBee team up to seek gold rumored to be hidden there a famous gangster.--
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper Alley, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Meet the robots Blink and Block in this STEM-inspired story by debut author-illustrator Vicky Fang. Blink is scanning the playground for treasure, and Block is pretty sure there's no gold to be found. Will Blink prove that treasure does exist--or will these two new pals find something even better?"--
49) Treasure map
Author
Series
Adventure friends (Scholastic Acorn) volume 1
Publisher
Acorn/Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Meet Clarke and Miguel! They are new friends. They love going on adventures! Together, they make a map of their town. And they find a sweet treasure!"--
Author
Series
Jasper and Scruff volume 2
Publisher
Tiger Tales
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Best pals Jasper and Scruff have opened a bookstore - the finest in town! Jasper is delighted when he gets his paws on a rare book about Black Whiskers, the infamous pirate. Then Scruff sniffs out a treasure map tucked inside. But as the pair heads off on the trail of the Golden Bone, it becomes clear that something is going on...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Description
Days after winning OASIS founder James Halliday's contest, Wade Watts makes a discovery that changes everything. Hidden within Halliday's vaults, waiting for his heir to find, lies a technological advancement that will once again change the world and make the OASIS a thousand times more wondrous, and addictive, than even Wade dreamed possible. With it comes a new riddle, and a new quest, a last Easter egg from Halliday, hinting at a mysterious prize....
Author
Series
Definitely Dominguita volume 2
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
When Dominguita finds an old map in the back of an even older book in her beloved library, she is excited to see a telltale X marking an unknown place. Everyone knows that X marks the spot for treasure--and Dom knows that means a new adventure for her, Pancho, and Steph!
53) Treasure twins!
Author
Publisher
Golden Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Leah goes on a treasure hunt.
54) Atlantis
Author
Series
Jack Howard novels volume 1
Publisher
Dell
Pub. Date
2008, c2007
Language
English
55) Map of flames
Author
Series
Forgotten five volume 1
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Five children who are the offspring of supernatural criminals and who have special abilities of their own leave their isolated tropical home and head to the city of Estero, where they hope to find their parents and the treasure they hid years ago.
Author
Series
Publisher
Annie's
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Former antiquities bounty hunter, Julie Ellis, is on the run, trying to stay one stiletto step ahead of her past. She accepts a position as manager of the Quilt Haus Inn in Missouri wine country, thinking it the perfect place to keep a low profile and start a new, less-dangerous career. It is - until Daniel Franklin walks through the door and asks for a room. Daniel claims he's come to Straussberg in search of a famous sunken ship that he believes...
57) A reason to die
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
When his dying grandfather gives him clues to a buried fortune in gold, Perley Gates goes up against ruthless lowlifes, kill-crazy prairie rats, gunfighters, outlaws, and Indians in order to claim the treasure.
58) Montana legacy
Author
Series
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
"...She was the one person who shook Jesse McCord's quiet determination. She was the only one he ever let in, body and soul. Then suddenly Amy Parish was gone and the oldest McCord cousin devoted his life to the family ranch. Now Amy is back, offering to help Jesse find the McCord gold. Yet Jesse's not about to give her a second chance, and he hopes his pride will protect him from her irresistible charms. But under the wide prairie skies a dangerous,...
Author
Series
Myth Adventures volume 17
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Aahz discovers that the shabby-looking sword he bought at a flea market in a remote dimension is Ersatz, leader of the Golden Hoard, a fabled collection of powerful magical treasures that can turn any ordinary being into a hero. They go in search of the other members of the Hoard, only to find that they're not the only ones looking. A dancer named Calypsa, working with Aahz's old friend Tananda, is seeking to collect them to free her grandfather from...
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