Each summer Liza, Bill and Jed visit their grandparents, and they hear the story of the sketches hung above the mantel. The sketches are clues to a hidden treasure, and no one has been able to figure them out for a century. There is a missing first clue, but when the children stumble upon the second clue, they're on their way. Could it be that on this visit they will solve the secret that has eluded so many for more than a hundred years?.
year: 1966, 1980, 1982, 1984
call number/section: 1000, 4, 920
subjects: farms, fiction, buried treasure, ciphers, detective and mystery stories
Editions
Parish, Peggy
Macmillan (1966)
Three youngsters visiting their grandparents during summer use a clue to retrieve a treasure hidden on their grandfather's farm.
Schools: 6
Parish, Peggy
Dell (1980)
Three children unravel a century-old mystery.
Schools: 6
Parish, Peggy
Listening Library (1982)
Schools: 0
Parish, Peggy
Dell (1984)
Schools: 0
Parish, Peggy
Dell (1984)
Schools: 0
Peggy Parish
Each summer Liza, Bill and Jed visit their grandparents, and they hear the story of the sketches hung above the mantel. The sketches are clues to a hidden treasure, and no one has been able to figure them out for a century. There is a missing first clue, but when the children stumble upon the second clue, they're on their way. Could it be that on this visit they will solve the secret that has eluded so many for more than a hundred years?.
Schools: 1