Treasure hunters

Author:  James Patterson & Chris Grabenstein
Illustrator: Juliana Neufeld
Publisher: New York: Little, Brown 2013
Series: Treasure hunters (James Patterson),1

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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Treasure Island

Author: Robert Louis Stevenson; retold by Wim Coleman and Pat Perrin
Illustrator: Greg Rebis
Publisher: Minneapolis: Stone Arch Books 2006

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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Mystery at Blackbeard's Cove

Author: Audrey Penn
Illustrator: Philip Howard & Joshua Miller 
Publisher: Terra Haute, Ind.: Tanglewood 2004
Series: Blackbeard quartet, 1

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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The Ship of Lost Souls

Author: Rachelle Delaney
Publisher: New York: Grosset & Dunlap 2012
Series: Ship of Lost Souls, 1

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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