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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 them to a pirate's fortune. Includes illustrations and extended captions providing background information on history, geography, social customs, animals, architecture, literature, and science pertinent to the story.
2) Holes
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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) The reef
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
627 p. (large print) ;
Language
English
Description
Two families attempt to recover a jeweled necklace from the depths of the ocean.
5) Mischief
Author
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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Indepent, spirited Imogen Waterstone, an expert on ancient Zamar, invites the infamous Earl of Colchester Matthais Marshall, legendary explorer of Zamar to help her lay the perfect trap. Certain that her enemy will risk everything to acquire the treasure map she claims to have inherited, Imogen faces danger from her foe, and from her own emotions as she is drawn to the dark, seductive earl.
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Paperbacks (Mm)
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
128 p.
Language
English
Description
"English translation... by Edizioni Piemme S.p.a."--T.p. verso. Translated from the Italian. The discovery of an old map by his sister Thea leads Geronimo and his family to search for buried treasure on a faraway island. RL3.008-012. "Early Chapter Books" collection--look for orange spine label.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
465 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A fearless Spanish crew embarks on a search for a lost ship, swallowed by the Indian Ocean centuries ago, in a novel by "a master of the literary thriller" (Booklist, starred review). Manuel Coy is a suspended sailor with time on his hands, a mariner without a ship. While attending a maritime auction in Barcelona, he meets Tánger Soto, a captivating beauty who works for the Naval Museum in Madrid. A woman obsessed with the Dei Gloria, a famed Jesuit...
Author
Series
Baroque cycle (Neal Stephenson) volume 2
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
810 p. : map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the year 1689, a cabal of Barbary galley slaves -- including one Jack Shaftoe, a.k.a. King of the Vagabonds, a.k.a. Half-Cocked Jack, lately and miraculously cured of the pox -- devises a daring plan to win freedom and fortune.
10) A simple plan
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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