Catalog Search Results
1) Evil Star
Author
Series
Gatekeepers volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Having locked the Raven's gate, fourteen-year-old Matt travels to Peru where he meets the second of the five gatekeepers and works with him to try to stop the opening of a second gate somehow related to the Nazca Lines.
Author
Publisher
Boni
Pub. Date
1927
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
235 p. ; ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"On Friday noon, July the twentieth, 1714, the finest bridge in all Peru broke and precipitated five travelers into the gulf below." With this celebrated sentence, Thornton Wilder begins The Bridge of San Luis Rey, one of the towering achievements in American fiction and a novel read throughout the world. By chance, a monk witnesses the tragedy. Brother Juniper seeks to prove that it was divine intervention rather than chance that led to the deaths...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
After her fiance calls off their marriage a week before the wedding. heartbroken Christine Hollister reluctantly agrees to accompany her friend Jessica to Peru to do volunteer work in an orphanage, where she meets American doctor Paul Cook.
Author
Publisher
Viking Press
Pub. Date
1952
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
NEWBERY COLLECTION. Newbery Medal winner, 1953. An Indian boy who tends llamas in a hidden valley in Peru learns the traditions and secrets of his Inca ancestors.
Winner of Newbery Award, 1953.
5) Excavation
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st William Morrow harcover ed.
Physical Desc
404 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A journey of discovery turns into a fight for survival when archaeologist Dr. Henry Conklin, his nephew and their exploratory party unearth a deadly scourge from the depths of an untouched set of ancient Incan ruins.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
A parable exploring the future of humankind relates the search in the forests of Peru for a mysterious ancient manuscript that reveals nine insights the human race is predicted to grasp as the world moves toward a new era of increased awareness and spirituality
Author
Series
Michael Vey volume 2
Edition
1st Simon Pulse/Mercury Ink hardcover ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 12
Physical Desc
335 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Michael Vey, born with Tourette's syndrome and special electromagnetic powers, joins his techno-genius best friend and an alliance of other "electric" teenagers to battle powerful foes in the jungles of Peru, where Michael learns the Order of Elgen's plan to "restructure" the world.
Author
Publisher
Mercury Ink/Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st Simon Pulse/Mercury Ink hardcover ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 12
Physical Desc
335 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Michael Vey, born with Tourette's syndrome and special powers, joins his best friend and an alliance of other "electric" teenagers to battle foes in the jungles of Peru, where Michael learns the Order of Elgen's plan to "restructure" the world.
Author
Series
Magic tree house volume 34
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"The magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie away to South America, where they must climb Machu Picchu to save a baby llama"--
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
222 p. : col. ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
At the height of the Cold War in 1957, adventurer-archaeologist Indiana Jones competes with Russian soldiers for a mysterious and powerful relic, and a colleague's kidnapping leads him into the depths of the Amazon jungle.
Author
Series
Addison Cooke volume 1
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
324 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
After twelve-year-old Addison Cooke's uncle unearths ancient Incan secrets in Peru, he is kidnapped by a shadowy organization intent on stealing the treasure unless Addison and his friends can decipher the clues first.
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
161 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When an archeologist friend of Paulina's disappears, the Thea Sisters go to Peru to look for him, where they face many dangers as they search for him and the legendary lost city filled with Inca gold that he was seeking.
13) Summer days
Author
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
c2014
Physical Desc
471 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
You Again. A group yoga tour to Peru is the last place Meredith expects to see her workaholic ex-boyfriend, Sam. Seven years have changed everything--except Meredith's regret at abruptly running away. Yet amid the magnificent views and ancient ruins, a new chance may be waiting.
Summer Memories. There's nowhere Ellen would rather nurse her wounds after her ex's betrayal than Ogunquit, Maine--a little beach town where she spent idyllic childhood summers....
Author
Series
Boxcar Children great adventure volume Book 5
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
135 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this all-new very special miniseries, the Aldens have been recruited by a secret society to return lost artifacts and treasures to their rightful locations--all around the world! The final leg of the Aldens' journey brings them to South America and to the Salt Flats in northern Argentina. But when they hit a dead end, they realize someone has tricked them in order to delay their plans! Returning to Buenos Aires, the Aldens connect with the Silvertons...
Author
Series
Treasure hunters volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Twins Bick and Beck Kidd and their family of professional treasure hunters race against mercenaries, rival treasure hunters, and a lumber baron through the jungles and mountains of Peru in search of Paititi, the legendary lost Inca city of gold, in hope of conserving the archaeological treasure and preventing deforestation of the rain forest.
Author
Series
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Twelve-year-old Addison Cooke just wishes something exciting would happen to him. His aunt and uncle, both world-famous researchers, travel to the ends of the earth searching for hidden treasure, dodging dangerous robbers along the way, while Addison is stuck in school all day. After his uncle unearths the first ancient Incan clue needed to find a vast trove of lost treasure, he is kidnapped by members of a shadowy organization intent on stealing...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Lost something? Gabriela Rose knows how to get it back. As a recovery agent, she's hired by individuals and companies seeking lost treasures, stolen heirlooms, or missing assets of any kind. She's reliable, cool under pressure, and well trained in weapons of all types. But Gabriela's latest job isn't for some bamboozled billionaire, it's for her own family, whose home is going to be wiped off the map if they can't come up with a lot of money fast....