Synopsis (from
the publisher):
Twelve-year-old Anna Mae Botts, her eight-year-old brother Malcolm, and
Anna Mae's best friend Raul Garcia, face a ghostly black fist on their
first day of school. It blocks their entrance into school, while
dropping paper clues about Jefferson Davis' lost Civil War gold. Things
get more complicated when a school fire occurs.
Mysterious events soon overtake Raul, Malcolm, and Anna Mae at school
as well as at home. Rats, alphabet noodle clues, floating chalk, and
phantom false-bottom wagons lead the tweens to travel the same route by
car that was taken by Jefferson Davis and his gold-laden wagon train.
With divining rods given to her by her granma, computer printouts, and
Spirit Journey memories that take her back to a Civil War past, Anna
Mae, Raul, and Malcolm find Jefferson Davis' lost gold treasure, part
of it buried on Chennault Plantation and more of it in a vacant lot on
the outskirts of Warthen, Georgia.
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The Golden Treasure
An
Anna-Mae Mystery
L.
S. Cauldwell
Star Publish (Trade Paperback)
ISBN-10: 1-932993-98-3 (1932993983)
ISBN-13: 978-1-932993-98-1 (9781932993981)
Publication Date: October 2008
List Price: $15.95
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Review: A new
sleuth has come to town! Written by the creative author L. S.
Cauldwell, The Golden Treasure
is sure to open the eyes of young teenagers to aspire to be great.
Cauldwell closes the gap between real and imaginary in this masterpiece
all teens should enjoy!
Anna-Mae, an average African American girl living in Georgia, is
walking to school one stormy day with her brother Malcolm and their
best friend Raul. While walking to school a black fist appears out of
nowhere and drops down small sheets of paper, each with words written
on them. Then Pitt Bull, the school bully comes and makes fun of
Anna-Mae. The black fist begins to defend her and blocks Pitt Bull from
moving anywhere. Once they get into school weird things start to happen
at school as more and more clues are place in front of her. Nothing
seems to make sense.
This book was probably one of the most descriptive books I have ever
read! Every single word helped to paint the picture the book was
painting, it was spectacular! I felt that I was solving the case with
Anna-Mae. It had a very deep mystery that kept you on the edge of your
seat trying to figure out what would happen next. Also the parts with
the supernatural forces interested me a lot. Cauldwell really hit a
home run with this book.
This book easily gets a five, since its mystery content is so deep and
the creativity is one of the best I've ever read. I can't wait for
Cauldwell's next book!
Special thanks to Alex Nauert for contributing his review of The Golden Treasure and to L. S. Cauldwell for providing a copy of the book for this review.
Review Copyright © 2009 — Alex Nauert — All Rights Reserved — Reprinted with Permission
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Mysteries in this series …
The Golden Treasure
Star Publish (Trade Paperback), October 2008
ISBN-10: 1-932993-98-3 (1932993983)
ISBN-13: 978-1-932993-98-1 (9781932993981)
Omnimystery keywords for The Golden Treasure ...
Location(s) referenced: Georgia.
