18 books like King Solomon's Mines
The High Graders
The story was that Eli Patterson had died in a gunfight, but Mike Shevlin knew it couldn't be true: the man who'd been like a father to him had been a Quaker. But when Shevlin rides back to Rafter Crossing to uncover the truth, he finds that the quiet ranching community has become a booming mining town. Newfound wealth has not made Rafter a peaceful place, however, and the smell of fear and greed…
Shares: Mines and mineral resources, Adventure, Children's fiction
The midnight folk
Kay Harker lives in an old house in the country, looked after by his unpleasant governess, Sylvia Daisy Pouncer. One night Kay’s great-grandpapa Harker, a sea captain, steps out of his portrait to tell him about a stolen treasure, and Kay embarks on a quest to recover it. Along the way he is helped by the Midnight Folk, including animals such as Nibbins the cat, Rollicum Bitem the fox and his…
Shares: Treasure troves, Children's fiction
Tombs of Anak
Jay, Lila and their father enter the cavetombs of Anak searching for a lost coworker, but instead stumble onto a frightening religion.
Shares: Treasure troves, Adventure, Children's fiction
The Reappearance of Rachel Price
18-year-old Bel has lived her whole life in the shadow of her mom’s mysterious disappearance. Sixteen years ago, Rachel Price vanished and young Bel was the only witness. Rachel is gone, presumed dead.
The case is dragged up from the past when the Price family agree to a true crime documentary. Bel can’t wait for filming to end, for life to go back to normal. But then Rachel Price reappears, and…
Shares: Young Adult, Children's fiction
The pirate map
Shares: Treasure troves, Children's fiction
Ghost in the Noonday Sun
Twelve-year-old Oliver tries to escape from pirates who take him to an island to find the ghost and treasure of Gentleman Jack.
Shares: Treasure troves, Children's fiction
Five on Finniston Farm
There's a ruined castle on Finniston Farm, but only the dungeons remain -- and nobody knows where they are! The Famous Five are determined to find them -- and whatever is hidden in them -- but they are not alone. Someone else wants to know, too. The question is: can the Five get there first?
Shares: Treasure troves, Adventure, Children's fiction
Il tesoro del pirata fantasma
Billy Squeakspeare wakes to find large holes dug in his yard. The legend says that Morgan Blackwhisker buried a treasure as a gift for lady Squeakspeare .It's upto billy and creepella to to find out if ht ghost of Morgan Blackwhisker has dug the hole or someone else .
Shares: Treasure troves, Adventure, Children's fiction
Fang
Fang will be the first to die.
Maximum Ride is used to to living desperately on the run from evil forces sabotaging her quest to save the world - but nothing has ever come as close to destroying her as this horrifying prophetic message. Fang is Max's best friend, her soul mate, her partner in the leadership of her flock of winged children. A life without Fang is a life unimaginable.
But there…
Shares: Young Adult, Adventure, Children's fiction
Midnight over Sanctaphrax
Twig has the caterbird tethered to his ship, the edgedancer, and is being led into a storm never seen before, on his way to find his father. Twig soon learns that this storm is the mother storm, and that the mythical place, called riverisse is real. And is torn between a simple yet complicated choice. Cut the anchor chain of sanctaphrax, and all of the edges knowledge, to save riverisse, or have…
Shares: Young Adult, Children's fiction
The Mystery of the Strange Messages
Mr. Goon, the policeman, can't understand it. Messages keep coming to him, popping up all over the place. But who is sending them? He thinks it is Fatty, playing tricks on him but this is the first the Five Find-Outers have heard about the messages. It all becomes a remarkable mystery, and one which the Five just have to solve.
Shares: Adventure, Children's fiction
The Secret at Shadow Ranch
While staying at a ranch in Arizona, Nancy Drew becomes involved in a mystery surrounding a mistreated child.
Shares: Treasure troves, Adventure, Children's fiction
The House of Arden
The famous Arden family treasure has been missing for generations, and the last members of the Arden line, Edred, Elfrida, and their Aunt Edith, have nothing to their names but the crumbling castle they live in. Just before his tenth birthday, Edred inherits the title of Lord Arden; he also learns that the missing fortune will be his if—and only if—he can find it before the turns ten. With no…
Shares: Treasure troves, Children's fiction
The Gold-Bug
The discovery of a message in code on a shoreline formerly infested with pirates sends William Legrand and his friends on a hunt for buried treasure.
Shares: Treasure troves, Children's fiction
The Bone Trail
From the creators of the Edge Chronicles comes the thrilling conclusion to the epic saga of Wyrmeweald!
The bone trail litters the barren lands of the wyrmeweald with the remains of dragon-like wyrmes, fortune-hunting kith bandits, and wyrme-protecting kin assassins alike—all viciously slaughtered in the gruesome quest for gold and power.
Micah and his friends have battled tirelessly against the…
Shares: Young Adult, Adventure, Children's fiction
The Shapeshifters
Five shapeshifter novels--one fascinating read!HawksongDanica Shardae, an avian shapeshifter, will do anything in her power to stop the war that has raged between her people and the serpiente--even pretend to be in love with Zane Cobriana, the terrifying leader of her kind's greatest enemy, and accept him as her pair bond. But will Zane strike as swiftly and lethally as the cobra that is his…
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The Royal Book of Oz
Scarecrow searches for his family tree and discovers that he is the Long Lost Emperor of the Silver Island.
Shares: Adventure, Children's fiction
The box of delights, or When the wolves were running
Kay finds himself involved in a fantastic adventure when he becomes guardian of the mysterious Box of Delights.
Shares: Young Adult, Adventure, Children's fiction