Treasure hunting sounds easy…
Find a treasure map, follow the clues, fight with the pirates, find the big red cross (X) and unearth the treasure chest.
Not all hunting is stereotypical. There are different types of treasure hunting that included in this blog.
This annotated bibliography will focus on children fiction novels, especially ages 9-12, that have treasure hunting as the main theme.
Annotation: Four kids, Tommy, Storm, twins Bick and Beck, are forced to take over the treasure hunting family business when their father, professor Tom Kidd lost in the sea. They must follow the clues to be able to rescue their mother who was kidnapped before. In this adventure, they become face to face with pirates, killer surfers, unsavory middlemen, and rival treasure hunters. Who will they trust when they need help?
This attention-grabbing, plot-driven and fast-paced adventure story is the first book of the Treasure hunters (James Patterson) series.
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Annotation: Treasure Island is an adventure graphic novel that is an example of classic treasure hunting and pirates. All the pirates and villains are brought to life in this graphic novel adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic.
A little boy named Jim Hawkins discovers an old treasure map and sets out on a quest to find the buried treasure with the help of pirate captain Long John Silver. He joins the crew of a sailing ship on the way to the island where the treasure is buried.
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Annotation: Jake Atlas is an adventurer, treasure hunter and troublemaker at the same time. In the fourth book of series, Jake and his family travel to Rome to found four mysterious keys of the apocalypse and stop them before destroying the world. To stop these powerful keys from returning, they must follow the route to a volcano in Morocco, Hadrian's Wall and an island in the Middle East.
This is an attention-grabbing and action-packed adventure story.
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Annotation: Secret Agent Jack Stalwart has a new mission; travel to Mexico to hunt down a stolen map leading to hidden Aztec gold. When Jack finds himself trapped in the hands of one of the most treacherous treasure hunters in the world, he must act fast. Will Jack stop Callous Carl and his band of thieves before it is too late?
This attention grabbing spy fiction book combines secret agents and treasure hunters.
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Annotation: When eleven-year-old Arkie Sparkle's archaeologist parents have been kidnapped, she is the only one could save them. Arkie starts the biggest treasure hunt in the world. She has only seven days to find seven treasures across the seven continents. She will need help of her genius cousin TJ and basset hound Cleo. First destination is Egypt.
This Australian fiction is a fast-paced page turning adventure book, first in the series.
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Annotation: As Halloween approaching, four friends Billy, Daniel, Stephanie, and Mark find themselves trapped in a secret underground tunnel on Ocracoke Island where they travelled to bury their eccentric friend Mrs. Nemmish the pirate as her last wish. While trying to escape, they will face with Blackbeard's ghost, secret tunnels, skeletons and a hidden treasure. Zeek, local scoundrel and direct descendent of Israel Hands who the treasure belonged to, is their rival on the way finding the hidden treasure.
This story is a full of mystery, suspense and adventure.
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Annotation: The Lost Souls are orphaned kids who are the crew on the pirate ship and captained by the 12-year- old Scarlet McCray. When they rescue 11-year- old Jem Fitzgerald from the pirates, Scarlet discovers that he holds the treasure map which all pirates are after. They will start new adventure by sailing the Island waters but will other pirates leave them alone?
This first book of the series has an action-packed and fast-paced adventure story.
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Annotation: For the summer, four kids are diving to explore an underwater habitat on a marine expedition when a seismic event has altered. Is it a sunken treasure they are seeing? Can they salvage the treasure before others find it? Another challenge is sharks, how can they do it?
The discovery is the first book of action-packed trilogy called "Dive" from Gordon Korman.
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Annotation: Mia's uncle is an archaeologist who mostly includes Mia and her friend Ricky in his archaeological adventures that involve finding lost treasure some places in the world. This adventure takes them to the buried treasure on Oak Island. It is the world’s most dangerous treasure hunt. No one find the treasure in the Oak Island Money Pit. Will they be able to find it and avoid Money Pit curse?
It has suspense, action, adventure and illustrations.
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