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3) Holes
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Adventure Books for Kids
Children's and Middle Grade Novels in Spanish and English/Novelas juveniles en español e inglés
Adventure Books for Kids
Children's and Middle Grade Novels in Spanish and English/Novelas juveniles en español e inglés
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As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.
4) Notorious
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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.--
8) Storm tide
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A mysterious stranger visits the island where Simon and his sister Ellen live, bringing with him an unexpected storm and a riddle that may lead to treasure.
9) Stolen
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Fifteen-year-old Sam is on vacation with his family in Australia, where he meets the pretty girl Annabel. Annabel works at the local museum, and quickly interests Sam in the legend of the Mahogany Ship. Searching for it, the two teens soon find themselves on a treasure hunt.
10) Clue by clue
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A centuries-old treasure map is discovered, and only Carmen Sandiego can solve the case. She adventures around the world decoding messages that lead her to the next location. Readers can help solve the clues along with her with a moveable cipher located on the cover.
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Zane is itching for an adventure that will take him away from his family's boarding house in Rockaway, Queens. So when he is entrusted with a real treasure map, leading to a spot somewhere in Manhattan, Zane wastes no time in riding the ferry over to the city to start the search with his friends Kiko and Jack and his dog, Hip-Hop. Through strange coincidence, they meet a man who is eager to help them find the treasure: John, a sailor who knows all...
12) Finders keepers
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Twelve-year-old Macy is an amateur treasure hunter who spends her days searching the beaches of Buffalo Pound Lake for treasure. Her life is turned upside down when she discovers a kidnapped mermaid. She learns that the mermaid was brought there by a monster known only as "The Beast," and it's up to Macy to find a missing magic shell to reunite the mermaid with her family before the Beast does.
13) Oona
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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?
14) Go left or right
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Three children go on a treasure hunt while learning the difference between right and left.
15) Gold
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Sam and Annabel are on vacation in Italy and discover a hidden stash of gold.
17) The big dip
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At Vancouver's Pacific National Exhibition, Joe Lumby, track star extraordinaire, finds himself caught up in a mystery involving the theft of a gallery treasure.
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Welcome to Nowhere, Arizona, the least livable town in the United States. For Gus, a bright 13-year-old with dreams of getting out and going to college, life there is made even worse by Bo Taylor, Nowhere's biggest, baddest bully. When Bo tries to force Gus to eat a dangerously spiny cactus, Rossi Scott, one of the best racers in Nowhere, comes to his rescue--but in return she has to give Bo her prized dirt bike. Determined to buy it back, Gus agrees...
19) Salt
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Even though their parents disappeared during a hunt three months ago, seventeen-year-old Indi and his siblings, Beleza, Oscar, and Zulu, continue to roam the Mediterranean on their sailboat and hunt down monsters--but Indi yearns for a more settled life for his family, and he hopes that his parents' journal with its tantalizing hints of a treasure, will provide them all with the means of escape from their nomadic and dangerous life before it is too...