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The Sign of the Cat

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Sam Steele’s Adventures on Land and Sea (Mint Editions (Nautical Narratives))

The Terror of the Southlands: The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates

The Lewis and Clark Expedition (A True Book)

Black Sails, White Sails

The Chronicles of the Black Tulip

Does the Vanishing Island really exist? And if so, what treasure—or terrible secret—was hidden by its disappearance?

It’s 1599, the Age of Discovery in Europe. But for Bren Owen, growing up in the small town of Map on the coast of Britannia has meant anything but adventure. Enticed by the tales sailors have brought through Map’s port, and inspired by the arcane maps his father creates as a cartographer for the cruel and charismatic map mogul named Rand McNally, Bren is convinced that fame and fortune await him elsewhere. That is, until his repeated attempts to run away land him a punishment worse than death—cleaning up the town vomitorium.

It is there that Bren meets a dying sailor, who gives him a strange gift that hides a hidden message. Cracking the code could lead Bren to a fabled lost treasure that could change his life forever, and that of his widowed father. But to get there he will have to tie his fate to a mysterious Dutch admiral obsessed with a Chinese legend about an island that long ago disappeared from any map.

Before long, Bren is in greater danger than he ever imagined, and will need the help of an unusual friend named Mouse to survive. Barry Wolverton’s thrilling adventure spans oceans and cultures, brings together the folklore of East and West, and proves that fortune is always a double-edged sword.


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Warriors #1: Into the Wild

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The Sign of the Cat

Lynne Jonell, 2015

The Lost Kingdom

Matthew J. Kirby, 2013

Sam Steele’s Adventures on Land and Sea (Mint Editions (Nautical Narratives))

L. Frank Baum, Hugh Fitzgerald, 1906

The Terror of the Southlands: The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates

Dave Phillips, Caroline Carlson, 2014

The Lewis and Clark Expedition (A True Book)

John Perritano, 2010

Black Sails, White Sails

Ursula Dubosarsky, 1997