Gold

by John Wilson

Sam and Annabel are on vacation with Annabel's parents in Italy. While visiting the small hilltop town of Civita, they hear rumors of looted gold from World War II buried somewhere in the town's network of underground tunnels and caves. Once again the two friends cross paths with their old nemesis, Humphrey Battleford, but he is not the only one in pursuit of the gold. An intimidating man named Kurt, the grandson of a ruthless Nazi, is also snooping around. After Annabel is kidnapped, Sam must solve the mystery of the hidden treasure to save his friend.

This is the fourth mystery featuring Sam and Annabel, after Stolen, Bones and Lost.

144 pages, Paperback

Published October 24, 2017

About the author

John Wilson, an ex-geologist and frustrated historian, is the award-winning author of fifty novels and non-fiction books for adults and teens. His passion for history informs everything he writes, from the recreated journal of an officer on Sir John Franklin’s doomed Arctic expedition to young soldiers experiencing the horrors of the First and Second World Wars and a memoir of his own history. John researches and writes in Lantzville on Vancouver Island. There are many more details in his memoir, Lands of Lost Content, https://www.amazon.com/Lands-Lost-Con...

Reviews

[Sheri Radford · Rating 3 out of 5]

The storytelling is a bit uneven in this novel aimed at teens who struggle with reading.

[Tracy Trofimencoff · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this quick read as I enjoy fast facing in an adventure story. This is a great story for those people who like adventure and treasure hunting with a dash of danger thrown in. This novel is part of a curated collection in my classroom and would appeal to readers who may struggle because of the high interest content of the story. The comparison to "Indiana Jones" on the back of the book is accurate as the story is a face-paced adventure story about Annabel and Sam. Wilson does a good job of creating unlikable antagonists to accompany the story including the protagonists nemesis Battleford. I also enjoyed reading about the author John Wilson and his motivation for writing YA.