Minnow on the Say /
by Pearce, Philippa; Ardizzone, Edward.
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BookPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008Description: 259 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9780192792419 (pbk.) :.Classification number: Subject(s): Treasure troves -- Juvenile fiction | Adventure stories | Children's stories | Fiction 9+ | Adventure | Children's / Teenage fiction & true stories | Children's / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction | Children's / Teenage fiction: Action & adventure stories | Interest age: from c 9 yearsSummary: When David finds a canoe, Minnow, by the landing stage he and Adam spend the summer on the river. Adam is determined to search for his family's lost treasure. But then the boys find that they're not the only ones interested in the treasure. It's a great discovery. Right there, at the bottom of the garden, bobbing on the river, is a canoe. The Minnow. David can't help wishing he could keep her . . . The Minnow leads him to Adam, and an extraordinary summer begins. Armed with a mysterious, ancient clue, the two boys set out along the river by boat. They're determined to find the legendary lost treasure, hidden by one of Adam's ancestors hundreds of years before. But they are not the only people looking for treasure, and soon they are caught in a dangerous race against time . . .
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| Book - Childrens Paperback | Formby Library | Childrens Fiction | Available | 002966271X |
Originally published: 1955.
When David finds a canoe, Minnow, by the landing stage he and Adam spend the summer on the river. Adam is determined to search for his family's lost treasure. But then the boys find that they're not the only ones interested in the treasure. It's a great discovery. Right there, at the bottom of the garden, bobbing on the river, is a canoe. The Minnow. David can't help wishing he could keep her . . . The Minnow leads him to Adam, and an extraordinary summer begins. Armed with a mysterious, ancient clue, the two boys set out along the river by boat. They're determined to find the legendary lost treasure, hidden by one of Adam's ancestors hundreds of years before. But they are not the only people looking for treasure, and soon they are caught in a dangerous race against time . . .
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