Tommy reveals that their father had discovered two of Cordoba's lost fleet shortly after Bick and Beck's birth and was instructed to reveal the treasure only when the Kidds were in a financial crisis. Later in the book, it is revealed that Solomon's knowledge would help them find where their father is. He informs the Police about their whereabouts who are about to take them to the orphanage but Storm's knowledge of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea saves them.

The map is later revealed to be a fake kept by the treasure hunter Nathan Collier, who was the number one nemesis of their parents. They find a map in the bee amulet titled Cordoba's Lost Fleet, which was a vessel that carried gold and silver bars that went missing after a hurricane. Louie Louie takes the mwana pwo mask, the item he desired and gives the Kidds the bee amulet. Bick and Beck search her and find out that she was trying to steal a mwana pwo African mask. Tommy takes a girl named Daphne on a tour of the ship. He says that he needs an item their father promised to give him in exchange for a bee amulet and repairing The Lost for the Kidds. They are taken to Louie Louie, referred to as the Big Man, a person who previously had done many deals with their father. The four of them go into the secret compartment in their ship, The Lost, known as the Room, where they find a list of the top ten greatest treasures of the world.Ī speedboat follows the Kidds. The Kidds start their treasure hunt in the Cayman Islands, which was their treasure hunt destination before the storm. They continue to hunt for treasure, which is their family business. The Kidd's hold a small funeral for their father who is presumed to be dead. Their mother also went missing three months earlier in Cyprus. The Kidd siblings Storm (Stephanie), Tommy (Thomas), Bick (Bickford), and Beck (Rebecca), live a happy life on their ship until their father, Thomas Kidd goes missing during a storm. The story shows them working together to defeat pirates and escape from treasure-hunting rivals while following clues to find out what really happened to their parents and if they are still alive. The book chronicles the life of the Kidd siblings, who find themselves in the biggest treasure hunt of their lives after their parents disappear.

It is the first book in the Treasure Hunters series. Treasure Hunters is a children's adventure novel written by James Patterson with Chris Grabenstein and Mark Shulman.

Print ( hardcover and paperback), audiobook, e-book James Patterson, Chris Grabenstein, Mark Shulman

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