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Treasure Hunters
480 pages
A salty, high-stakes oceanic adventure where siblings must band together to solve clues and survive dangerous waters.
What it feels like
This brisk, energetic middle-grade adventure plunges readers straight into the salty spray of seafaring life. The mood is a blend of urgent suspense and spirited sibling camaraderie, as a group of brothers and sisters are thrust into a perilous quest. The narrative moves at a rapid clip, prioritizing action, puzzle-solving, and the thrill of buried secrets over quiet introspection. The prose is highly accessible and designed for maximum momentum, keeping the pages turning as the stakes rise from the Caribbean to the city. It is a story fundamentally about family bonds tested by danger, perfect for young readers who devour high-seas escapades and stories where clever kids must step up to finish what their parents started.
- Mood
- salty
- suspenseful
- energetic
- oceanic
- Tone
- adventurous
- urgent
- spirited
- familial
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- sibling bonds · family legacy · facing danger together · the thrill of discovery
- The writing
- Fast-paced and accessible, designed to keep young readers turning pages with high-stakes action and sibling dynamics.
- The arc
- Moves from the anxiety of sudden parental absence to the empowering thrill of taking up a dangerous family legacy.
- Who it's for
- Middle-grade readers who crave high-seas action, puzzle-solving, and stories where kids outsmart the adults.
Content notes
- missing parents
- perilous situations
About the book
"Following clues left by their missing father, twelve-year-old twins Bickford and Rebecca Kidd sail from the Caribbean to New York City with their siblings to finish the dangerous quest of their world-famous treasure-hunting parents"--Provided by publisher.
Following clues left by their missing father, the four Kidd siblings sail from the Caribbean to New York City to finish the dangerous quest of their treasure-hunting parents. The coauthors are Chris Grabenstein and Mark Shulman. Book #1
Description from Open Library.
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