OVER 80 REAL-LIFE STORIES OF AMAZING FINDS, FROM PIRATE BOOTY AND EXOTIC COINS TO RARE FOSSILS AND MISSING ARTWORKS, PLUS TIPS ON FINDING TREASURE YOURSELF

 

Imagine finding

  • a sunken fortune in gleaming coins

  • a single stamp worth over a million dollars

  • Nova Scotia’s elusive Oak Island Treasure

  • the world’s largest gold nugget

  • a painting worth millions

These treasure hunters did just that! Through fierce determination - or sometimes just plain luck - they found what many others had missed.

  • Shortlisted, Hackmatack Children’s Choice Award, 2008

  • Shortlisted, Rocky Mountain Children’s Choice Book Award, 2008

  • WINNER, McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award, 2007

  • Our Choice, Canadian Children’s Book Centre, 2007

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"““Written in an engaging manner with plenty of excitement and suspense, Lost Treasures will grab the attention of reluctant readers. Highly recommended.”

  • - CM Magazine

 

Lost Treasures: 25 True Stories of Discovery
© 2006 Larry Verstraete
Published by Scholastic Canada
ISBN: 0-88776-493-2