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82) Sunken treasure
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Describes the many-years-long search for the treasure that went down with the Atocha, a Spanish galleon sunk off Florida in a hurricane in 1622.
Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads to a pirate treasure as well as great danger. Presented in comic book format.
85) Alphaboat
Author
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Rhyming text full of puns tells the story of the letters of the alphabet sailing off to look for a buried treasure.
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Series
Inspector Pekkala volume 3
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
Stalin's obsession with the missing gold of Tsar Nicholas II has finally found meaning. Russia stands at the brink of war with the mighty German army. It is broke, barely able to feed its people, much less fight a war against an enemy bent on its destruction. Stalin must find that gold, and so when a rumor comes out of the Gulag, and it proves to have credible elements, Stalin leaps into action.
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Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
Cartographer John Graf, shunned by his Amish community for pursuing higher education, becomes embroiled in a mystery when the remains of 17th-century mapmaker Cellarius, the subject of centuries-old conjecture, emerge from a German bog. The discovery of his corpse and a ruby clutched in his death grip gives credence to the existence of the fabled Tavernier Stones, a cache of the world's most prized missing jewels. Graf joins forces with a gemologist-turned-grifter...
88) Deception
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Olympia Wingfield, an old maid at twenty-five, is saddled with raising her motherless nephews. But her dreary life gets a bit more interesting when Mr. Jared Chillhurst arrives to tutor her three incorrigible charges. His plundering kisses and traveler's tales quickly win Olympia's heart . And soon she is swept up in a scandalous affair with a dangerous, desirable man who is haunted by old enemies and an even older mystery.
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Description
Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Tom Sagan and an unscrupulous zealot, Zachariah Simon, square off in a dangerous game to find the key to a 500 year-old mystery--a treasure with explosive political significance in the modern world: the lost treasures of the Temple of Jerusalem.
91) Riptide
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 20
Formats
Description
For generations, treasure hunters have tried to unlock the deadly puzzle known as the Water Pit: a labyrinth of shafts and tunnels that honeycombs the heart of a small island off the coast of Maine. Reputed to be the hiding place of pirate treasure, the Water Pit possesses an inexplicable ability to kill those who venture into it, from professionals to innocent explorers. The most comprehensive, high-tech expedition ever assembled has come to Maine...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 15
Formats
Description
Set in a darkly glamorous world The Gilded Wolves is full of mystery, decadence and dangerous but thrilling adventure. Paris, 1889: The world is on the cusp of industry and power, and the Exposition Universelle has breathed new life into the streets and dredged up ancient secrets. In this city, no one keeps tabs on secrets better than treasure-hunter and wealthy hotelier, Séverin Montagnet-Alarie. But when the all-powerful society, the Order of Babel,...
93) Sahara
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
Master explorer Dirk Pitt and his wisecracking sidekick, Al Giordino go on the adventure of a lifetime while seeking out a lost Civil War battleship known as the 'Ship of Death'.
94) The tombs
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Series
Description
Husband-and-wife team Sam and Remi Fargo are intrigued when an archaeologist friend requests their help excavating a top secret historical site. What they find will set them on a hunt for a prize greater than they could ever imagine. The clues point to the hidden tomb of Attila the Hun, the High King who was reportedly buried with a vast fortune of gold and jewels and plunder . . . a bounty that has never been found. As they follow the trail through...
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Series
Pub. Date
2020.
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"Red Ryan should've known this job would be trouble. The first stop is a ghost town--in a thunder storm--and the cargo is a coffin. But things start to look a little brighter when Red and his stage guard Buttons Muldoon deliver the corpse to a ranch run by the beautiful Luna Talbot--and her gorgeous crew of former saloon girls. Luna asks the boys to help them find the Lucky Cuss Gold Mine, using a map tucked inside the dead man's pocket. Buttons can't...
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Sixteen year old Roy Parker aims to find out what happened to his uncle, Butch Cassidy, and the treasure that he hid with the help of his best friend, his arch rival, and the girl who has stolen his heart. But they're not alone, as a dastardly villain is hot on their trail.
97) Cyclops
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 24
Description
LeBaron and his crew also vanish, in circu,stances that are at once puzzling and alarming and which lead a reluctant Dirk Pitt into one of the most extraordinary adventurees of his career - an adventure that leads him step by step, in constant danger, to the discovery of a secret base on the moon, a Soviet plot against Castro that endangers the peace of the world, and the unveiling of the treasure. The bizarre chain of events that begins with LeBaron's...
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Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"As a child, Monkey D. Luffy dreamed of becoming King of the Pirates. But his life changed when he accidentally gained the power to stretch like rubber...at the cost of never being able to swim again! Years later, Luffy sets off in search of the One Piece, said to be the greatest treasure in the world... As the battle between Luffy and Kaido enters the final round, everyone in Wano puts their lives on the line to protect their home. But even if Luffy...
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Series
The 39 clues. Main series volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
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Description
The two kids were last seen in Egypt, hunting for one of the 39 Clues that could make them the most powerful people on earth. But no one has seen the siblings since. Has the ruthless Irina Spasky finally tracked them down? Or worse-- the Madrigals?
"A strange telegram lures fourteen-year-old Amy Cahill and her younger brother, Dan, deep into Russia and away from the only trustworthy adult they know. Signed with the initials NRR, the telegram launches...
100) Cari Mora
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"Twenty-five million dollars in cartel gold lies hidden beneath a mansion on the Miami Beach waterfront. Ruthless men have tracked it for years. Leading the pack is Hans-Peter Schneider. Driven by unspeakable appetites, he makes a living fleshing out the violent fantasies of other, richer men. Cari Mora, caretaker of the house, has escaped from the violence in her native country. She stays in Miami on a wobbly Temporary Protected Status, subject to...