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2 7 y separately published work icon The Mask of Destiny Richard Newsome , ( trans. Janka Panskus with title Das Milliarden-Trio und die Macht des Orakels ) Hamburg : Friedrich Oetinger , 2014 Z1808783 2011 single work novel young adult mystery

'The police have finally caught the evil murderer Sir Mason Green. The third casket and whatever treasure it contains can remain a secret just as the Fraternity wished. And Gerald can relax and enjoy his billions.

'Or can he?

'At his trial, Green drops dead in the dock. Forensics show he was poisoned by a dart—and Gerald's DNA is on the blowgun.

'Then a mysterious cat woman steals the ruby, the key to the third casket. A mysterious woman with a store of poison darts, who happens to be Sir Mason Green's niece, Charlotte.

'Now Gerald is on the run, with Ruby and Sam, wanted for murder. Can they beat Charlotte to the ruby casket and prove that she killed Green?

'It's a quest that takes them to caverns beneath the island castle of Mont St Michel in France, locked rooms in the Vatican and the ancient hidden city of Delphi in Greece to discover the secret of the three caskets and the great power they hold.' (From the publisher's website.)
2 6 y separately published work icon The Emerald Casket Richard Newsome , ( trans. Janka Panskus with title Das Milliarden-Trio und die Stadt der sechs Tempel ) Hamburg : Friedrich Oetinger , 2013 Z1702460 2010 single work novel young adult mystery

'What do you do when you're a billionaire, you're thirteen and you've just discovered your family tree goes back a thousand years to a pact made by three brothers to carry three caskets to three secret locations and to protect them for centuries to come?

'What do you do when you know a bloodthirsty criminal holds the contents of one of those caskets and will stop at nothing to discover the others?

'Gerald, Sam and Ruby fly to India in Gerald's private jet for a holiday at the home of Alisha Gupta, looking forward to getting away from the exhausting business of stolen gems, bejewelled caskets, thieves and bumbling police officers. But their holiday soon turns to a desperate quest to outwit a deadly cult, and to beat Mason Green to the Emerald Casket in a fast-paced race against time and tide.' (From the publisher's website.)
12 21 y separately published work icon The Nargun and the Stars Patricia Wrightson , ( trans. Wolf Harranth with title Das Nargun und die Sterne ) Hamburg : Friedrich Oetinger , 1990 Z862349 1973 single work children's fiction children's (taught in 3 units)

Simon Brent is orphaned. Still shocked, he is taken to live with his only relatives, brother and sister Charlie and Edie Waters, who live on a farm. There, Simon meets the Aboriginal spirits who also live on the land. Together Simon, Charlie, Edie, and the spirits save the land from the ancient Nargun. The story is memorable in the portrayal of the Nargun and the spirits, as well as the characters of Charlie and Edie, and the depiction of Simon's change from a shocked and emotionally frozen individual to a normal boy.
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