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: 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: 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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