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The gathering The gathering Will Peterson Twins Rachel and Adam have been living with their mother and her friend in the Australian outback, with no memory of their past, but when a strange boy confronts them they discover clues left by thei… OL14960127W
Closer Closer Brian Williams,Roderick Gordon At long last reunited with his dad, Will now spends his days exploring the "land of the second sun," decoding the cryptic glyphs carved into its three mysterious temples--or eyeing the wild animals w… OL15520805W
Hereafter Hereafter Tara Hudson Wonderful. Tara Hudson does an incredible job portraying a classic love story between two people who most definitely aren't supposed to be together. With a slight twist, of course. Definitely one of … OL16113970W
A Time Apart A Time Apart Diane Stanley "The last thing Ginny wants is to be sent away...."But when her mother is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, she's packed off to England to stay with Hugh, the father she hardly knows. Hugh i… OL16501003W
The 5,000-Year-Old Puzzle The 5,000-Year-Old Puzzle Claudia Logan An account of Dr. George Reisner's 1925 discovery and excavation of a secret tomb in Giza, Egypt, based on archival documents and records, but told through the fictionalized experiences of a young bo… OL1657409W
Escape from Pompeii Escape from Pompeii Terry Collins "In graphic novel format, follows the adventures of Isabel Soto as she explores the ancient city of Pompeii"--Provided by publisher. OL16614722W
Maria's cave Maria's cave William H. Hooks A young Spanish girl discovers the first prehistoric paintings ever seen in modern times in a cave at Altamira, Spain. OL19140853W
The tunnel to yesterday The tunnel to yesterday Beatty, Jerome. Amateur archaeologist Sam Churchill, hired by a Mayflower descendant to help clear her family name from an ancient blot, travels through a time tunnel to seventeenth-century Plymouth. OL19170573W
Jake Ransom and the Skull King's shadow Jake Ransom and the Skull King's shadow James Rollins Connecticut middle-schooler Jake and his older sister Kady are transported by a Mayan artifact to a strange world inhabited by a mix of people from long-lost civilizations who are threatened by prehi… OL19877742W
Deeper Deeper Roderick Gordon Fourteen-year-old Will Burrows lives in the suburbs of London, or at least he did up until a few months ago. That's when his archaeologist father suddenly disappears. When the police fail to turn up … OL24259858W
Alien expedition Alien expedition Pamela F. Service In the third book in the series, young Alien Agent Zack Gaither is sent to Mongolia to liaise with his fellow agent Vraj, whom we met in Camp Alien. Vrajs people, the Tirgizians, are exploring the ar… OL2636544W
Jodie's Hanukkah dig Jodie's Hanukkah dig Anna Levine When Jodie begs her dad to take her on an archaeological dig, he agrees to take her to Modi'in, the ancient home of the Maccabees. And when she volunteers to explore an underground cave, she learns t… OL29477W
The great Egyptian grave robbery The great Egyptian grave robbery Sara Pennypacker Ancient pyramids can be flat-out dangerous!Ever since Stanley was flattened by a bulletin board, there are places he can get to that no one else can. So when Stanley receives a letter from an archaeo… OL3942226W
Prehistoric Pinkerton Prehistoric Pinkerton Steven Kellogg Pinkerton's natural canine urge to chew on things while teething coincides with a chaotic visit to the museum's collection of dinosaur bones. OL497008W
Useful idiots Useful idiots Jan Mark In 2255, a graduate student named Merrick unwittingly finds himself thrown into an extraordinary adventure in the Reserve where the Aboriginals live after a violent storm across the North Sea reveals… OL527092W
The Sands of Time The Sands of Time Michael Hoeye Despite fierce opposition from mouse supremacists and other residents of Pinchester, three mice team up with an old chipmunk to prove that there existed, long before the time of mice, a Cat Kingdom. OL5706058W
Gefahr aus der Vergangenheit Gefahr aus der Vergangenheit Robert de Vries,Hubert H. Simon,Frank Thys,Wolfgang Hohlbein Eines der größten Geheimnisse der Erde ist gelüftet: Die Abenteurer haben das Tor nach Atlantis durchschritten - eine Reise zurück in der Zeit! Damit aber setzen sie Geschehnisse in Gang, die sich au… OL736125W
Wild Man Island Wild Man Island Will Hobbs Andy is in a world of trouble.On the last day of a sea kayaking trip in southeast Alaska, fourteen-year-old Andy Galloway paddles away from his group to visit the nearby site where his archaeologist … OL74006W
Deeper Deeper Brian Williams,Roderick Gordon As Will Burrows continues to search for his lost archaeologist father in the strange underground world he has discovered, he stumbles across a sinister plot with terrible implications for the world a… OL8775038W
Voice of the Valley Voice of the Valley Sheena Koops Who will speak for the valley when the voices of progress demand change? OL8818663W
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