The Great Flood Mystery

Year of Publication
1985
Publication Type
Novel
Number of Pages or Episodes
153 p.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Atheneum
City
New York
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Abstract
Gordy and his friends, Zizzy and Roy, discover old blueprints which lead them on a treasure hunt for gold coins lost in the Johnstown Flood of 1889.
Author Biography
Jane Louise Curry (1932— ) was born in East Liverpool, Ohio, and grew up in Kittanning, Armstrong County and Johnstown, Cambria County. She studied at Penn State, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, UCLA, the University of London, and Stanford. She's written over 30 books for children and teens, especially plots that feature, she says, “time slips into the past, mystery, danger, and narrow escapes.” She divides her time between London and Los Angeles.
Time
1889-1980s
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