Showing posts with label Treasure - Fiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Treasure - Fiction. Show all posts

Wednesday, 27 July 2016

The treasure of Easter Island

Translation of: Il tesoro di Rapa Nui
Based on an original idea by Elisabetta Dami
Summary: Holey cheese - my sister, Thea, was in danger! She had traveled to Easter Island in search of a secret treasure, and now she needed my help. There was no time to lose! My friends and I hopped on a plane to begin our search, aided by a map and a mysterious riddle. What an exciting adventure

Friday, 28 August 2015

Treasure fever

First published: 2008
Summary: Suppose you were a pirate and you had a whole heap of treasure, where would you bury it? Somewhere in the grounds of Northwest Southeast Central School, that's where! And once the secret gets out, the race is on to find it -- even if it means digging up the whole school ... but who will get there first

Tuesday, 4 August 2015

Treasure Island

Summary: Geronimo Stilton's fabumouse adaption of the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. Yo, ho, ho! Jim Hawkins is the name, and long-lost treasure is my game. It all began with an old pirate, a sea chest, and a mysterious map. Now I'm sailing off on the ship Hispaniola in search of Treasure Island. Cheese and crossbones! It will be a swashbuckling adventure. (From back cover)

Friday, 24 April 2015

Fright in the night

Summary: Gruesome and Grisly McNasty will stop at nothing to get treasure! Their pirate ship has sunk, but no matter - they hijack a trawler, force everyone on it to walk the plank, and set sail for Little Snoring where they know Captain Syd's hoard is burried. But youngsters Tat and Hetty soon realise the ghastly twins are back, and plan to give them a real fright in the night - involving lots of glue

Tuesday, 15 April 2014

Grandma McGarvey and the Treasure Hunt

Summary: Grandma McGarvey mows her lawn and discovers something hidden in the ground. A story in rhyme. Suggested level: junior

Monday, 12 August 2013

Pirate Gold

Includes illustration that can be photocopied and coloured in

Yo ho ho and a bottle full of fun!
Avast there, me hearties! Join the Piganeers, the most bumbling band of swashbuckling pirates ever to sail the seven seas.
Suffering seaweed! Captain Porker's treasure is missing, and he's not happy!

Tuesday, 9 July 2013

Five on a Treasure Island

70th anniversary ed
Summary: There's a shipwreck off Kirrin Island - but where is the treasure? The Famous Five are on the trail but someone else has got the same idea. Who will get to the treasure first
First published: 1942

Monday, 23 July 2012

Thea Stilton and the Secret City

Summary: The Thea Sisters travel to the Andes Mountains in Peru to find a missing friend. Along the way, they stumble upon clues leading them to a hidden city. Can the Thea Sisters find their friend, and the treasure of the Secret City

Thursday, 3 May 2012

The Adventures of Tintin: The Chapter Book

"Full colour movie art inside"--Cover
Film tie-in
Tintin and his trusty dog, Snowy, are always on the lookout for adventure. When Tintin buys a model ship called the Unicorn, he doesn't realize he's about to become the centre of a centuries-old family feud involving nefarious pirates and treasure!
Following clues from the high seas to the blazing-hot desert, Tintin makes new friends and outwits new enemies as he uncovers the secret of the Unicorn. Join him on the high-stakes adventure!