How to Hunt Buried Treasure [Hardcover]

James M. Deem (Author), TRUE Kelley (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up

This book tells the truth about treasure: the types of treasure to be found, how to decipher a treasure map, how to avoid traps, the best tracking techniques, and how to keep a treasure log. Included are tales of real treasure, some found and some still awaiting discovery.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 4-8-- Deem takes readers on many kinds of treasure hunts, identifying what to look for, where to look, laws governing the return of a find, and scouting techniques. The book is interesting, entertaining, and will make anyone who reads it want to learn more about the art of treasure hunting. Each chapter includes documented experiences. A list for further reading is included. Places where the author did his research and the resources he used are acknowledged. The only flaw is in the illustrations. Many of the children pictured on the cover and in the black-and-white cartoon drawings are very young. This will discourage older students from picking up an otherwise excellent and unusual manual. --Suzanne Lippencott, Nichols Library, Naperville, IL
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Review

"The book is interesting, entertaining, and will make anyone who reads it want to learn more about the art of treasure hunting." (School Library Journal )

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Hardcover: 191 pages
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin; 1St Edition edition (September 28, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0395587999
• ISBN-13: 978-0395587997
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 6.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,794,324 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

James M. Deem is the author of numerous books of nonfiction and fiction, including the 2009 Sibert Honor Book, Bodies from the Ice: Melting glaciers and the recovery of the past.

Born in Wheeling, West Virginia, he moved to Tucson, Arizona, with his family when he was eleven. He earned a Bachelor's degree in language arts from the University of Kansas followed by a master's degree and a doctorate in reading education at the University of Michigan. For twenty-seven years, he taught reading and study skills to underprepared college students. He once again lives in Tucson with his wife Susan and now writes fulltime.

His most recent books include the award-winning series: Bodies from the Bog, Bodies from the Ash, and Bodies from the Ice.