| The Lost Cipher Contributor(s): Oechsle, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807580651 ISBN-13: 9780807580653 Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - Survival Stories - Juvenile Fiction | Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 860 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.4" W x 7.9" (0.55 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Friendship - Topical - Death/Dying - Geographic Orientation - Virginia - Cultural Region - Appalachians |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 184350 Reading Level: 5.5 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 8.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Lucas has just lost his father in Afghanistan and to help him cope, his grandmother sends him to Camp Kawani. While there, he learns of the lost treasure of Thomas Jefferson Beale, a local legend of a hoard of gold buried in the mountains 200 years ago. The location is encrypted in a set of codes no one has ever been able to decipher. Lucas becomes obsessed with finding the gold to save his home and leads his newfound friends into a dangerous mission into the wilderness to uncover it. |
Contributor Bio(s): Oechsle, Michael: - Michael Oechsle teaches elementary school art in a historic town in North Carolina. He holds a business degree from the University of Virginia and another in Landscape Architecture from the University of Washington. He has been an advertising executive, a park designer, a professional photographer, and a stay-at-home dad. |