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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) Spartan gold
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Treasure hunters Sam and Remi Fargo are exploring the Great Pocomoke Swamp when they are shocked to discover a World War II German U-boat. Inside, they find a bottle from Napoleon's "lost cellar". And they set out to find the rest. But another connoisseur of sorts has been looking for the bottle they just found. He is a half-Russian, half-Persian millionaire who claims to be a descendant of Xerxes himself. And he wants his treasure back.
5) Lost empire
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Through Tanzania and Zanzibar, into the rainforests of Madagascar, and across the Indian Ocean to Indonesia and the legendary site of the 1883 Krakatoa explosion, husband-and-wife treasure-hunting team Sam and Remi Fargo and their ruthless opponents pursue the hunt for a relic--but only one can win. And the penalty for failure is death.
6) Pirate Pup
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Chronicle Books
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c2005
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1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 x 28 cm.
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Captain Pup and his canine pirate crew must outwit a shipload of cats and return home with the treasure.
7) The tombs
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Fargo adventures volume 4
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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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Nancy Drew mystery stories volume 5
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Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
c1993
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175 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
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Nancy arrives in Phoenix, Arizona, eagerly looking forward to a fun-filled vacation at Shadow Ranch but finds herself embroiled in a baffling mystery involving a phantom horse and buried treasure.
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Hardy Boys mystery stories volume 29
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Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
1968
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174 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
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The Hardy Boys travel to the southern U.S. to help a retired general find a fortune lost during the Civil War.
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Thomas Lourds novels volume 1
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Forge
Pub. Date
2009
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428 p. : map ; 25 cm.
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When the ancient ruins of Atlantis are discovered along the Spanish coast, linguist and archaeologist Thomas Lourds joins a violent competition to be the first of its explorers, an effort marked by a series of puzzles that must be solved in order to gain entry into the lost civilization.
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Roman mysteries volume 5
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Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2003
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161 p. ; 22 cm.
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A ragged stranger and the prospect of losing her family's fortune lead Flavia Gemina and her friends, Jonathan, Lupus, and Nubia to a seaside villa where possible danger and treasure are close at hand.
13) The kingdom
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Fargo adventures volume 3
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On a journey that will take them to Tibet, Nepal, China, Italy, and Siberia, the Fargos find themselves embroiled with black-market fossils, an ancient Tibetan kingdom, a lost landmass in the North Sea, Stone Age ostrich egg shards inscribed in a cryptic language, a pair of battles separated by thousands of miles and hundreds of years--and a skeleton that could just turn the history of human evolution on its head.
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Pleasant Co
Pub. Date
2006
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183 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 18 cm.
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In 1826, strange occurrences on eleven-year-old Josefina's New Mexican "rancho" lead the young healer to wonder if old legends of lost treasure and the wandering ghost called La Llorona may be true. Includes a Spanish glossary and historical background information.
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Captain Awesome volume 15
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Little Simon
Pub. Date
2015.
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116 pages
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"Captain Awesome ventures into the depths of a museum to reclaim a mummy's ancient treasure"--
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Fargo adventures volume 6
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"The outstanding new Fargo adventure from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author. Baffin Island: Husband-and-wife team Sami and Remi Fargo are on a climate-control expedition in the Arctic, when to their astonishment they discover a Viking ship in the ice, perfectly preserved-and filled with pre-Columbian artifacts from Mexico. How can that be? As they plunge into their research, tantalizing clues about a link between the Vikings and the legendary...
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Cassie Dewell novels volume 5
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Investigator Cassie Dewell--now the lead character in this year's most sensational TV crime show, Big Sky, from Big Little Lies creator David E. Kelley--is headed to Anaconda, Montana, in search of a slippery con man who has disappeared somewhere in the "treasure state". A wealthy California divorcee has accused him of absconding with her entire fortune, and wants Cassie to find him and get it back. But Anaconda, a quirky former copper mining town,...
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When Callie is laid off from her reporting job, she returns to her hometown of Cattail Island and lands a gig at the local bookstore—the same one where she found comfort after her mother died. In fact, the anniversary of her mother’s infamous death is approaching. Years ago, Teri Padget tumbled from the top of the lighthouse. As islanders are once again gossiping about the tragedy, devastating news strikes: the lighthouse has claimed another victim....
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Jesse Braddock is trapped in a tiny cabin deep in the Everglades with her infant daughter and her ex-boyfriend, a wannabe reality TV star who turned out to be a lot prettier on the outside than on the inside. Broke and desperate for a way out, Jesse stumbles across a long-lost treasure, which could solve all her problems—if she can figure out how to keep it. The problem is, some very bad men are also looking for the treasure, and they know Jesse...
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Fargo adventures volume 7
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G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2015]
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392 pages ; 24 cm.
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There are many rumors about the bay off Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. Some say it was the site of the lost empire of the Solomon king and that great treasure lies beneath the waters. Others say terrible things happened here, atrocities and disappearances at the hands of cannibal giants, and those who venture there do not return. It is cursed. Which is exactly what attracts the attention of husband-and-wife treasure-hunting team Sam and Remi...
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