Books with title 13 Treasures

High school senior Evan Snowden loves his eccentric grandfather more than anything. Grandpa Kent is an adventurer, a man who seeks to answer history's greatest mysteries. To Evan he's a man of wonderful stories. It's these stories that have enthralled and captivated Evan for years. But a vicious attack on his grandfather plunges Evan and his best friend, Charlie, into a world of intrigue, danger, and unimaginable discovery. A world that Evan has only known in the voice of his grandfather. Until now . . .

Raena and Simba are just ordinary high school students just trying to get by - when something incredibly strange happens. Something is happening to Raena’s best friend Simba and it’s not normal and she’s even had to resort to praying. It’s definitely out of this world and absolutely out of their comfort zone. You hear talk of angels and demons but when it actually starts happening to you - things tend to get a little freaky. Will their friendship stay intact, or become something more? Or will feelings shift in these new surroundings and relationships?

Treasure is thirteen years old. She is bright and well-balanced: her best friend (this week) is Rosie, her Doc Martens are in Crouch End and her school shoes are nowhere on earth. But Treasure has a problem - her mother. 'I hate you,' she hisses. 'You're so embarrassing...you spoil everything.' Her 'uncool' mother lets her party until midnight; acts as her chauffeur and her fund raiser; takes her shopping for worm-like tops and dresses - but she can't even begin to know what it is to be a teenager.Treasure first appeared in the Guardian and has featured on Radio 4. She is now the star of a BBC TV series.

Taylor Stevens, a shy 15-year-old high school student, travels to the coast of North Carolina to be with his grandmother during a storm. When the storm turns into a monster hurricane, Taylor fights to save his grandmother. In his attempts to battle the hurricane, Taylor discovers an old piece of parchment with strange symbols on it. After two modern-day ruthless pirates steal the parchment from Taylor, Emily and her friends from the Society of Spies attempt to help Taylor. Can they recover the parchment and solve the mysterious codes on it? Will the symbols lead to a treasure or some other mysterious find? In the end, they will all face the curse of Blackbeard, one of history's most notorious pirates.

The Shelf2Life Mines and Mining Collection is a unique set of materials focusing on the operation of mines, the mining industry and mineralogy in the 19th and 20th centuries. From first-hand accounts of life in the mines to descriptions of mine construction, excavation methods and machinery, to mine taxation and determinative mineralogy, this collection reveals the science and culture of the thriving mining industry pre-1923. Illuminating the pages of these intriguing volumes are rock and mineral photographs and mineral classification tables including chemical tests and scientific experiments written during a period of significant expansion in the discipline of mineralogy. The Mines and Mining Collection unearths a period of early historical mining practices and related scientific discoveries of value to enthusiasts, students and mineralogists alike.