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1) The oracle
Author
Series
Fargo adventures volume 11
Language
English
Description
The husband-and-wife treasure-hunting team of Sam and Remi Fargo return in a new adventure as they search for an ancient scroll--which carries a deadly curse. In 533 A.D., the last Vandal ruler in North Africa consults an oracle on how to defeat the invading Byzantine army. The oracle tells the king that a high priestess cast a curse upon the Vandal Kingdom after a sacred scroll was stolen. In order to lift the curse, the scroll must be returned to...
Author
Series
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Formats
Description
One thousand years ago, a wish was made to the Harbinger of Change and a sword of rage and lightning was forged. Kamigoroshi. The Godslayer. It had one task: to seal away the powerful demon Hakaimono. Now he has broken free. Kitsune shapeshifter Yumeko has one task: to take her piece of the ancient and powerful scroll to the Steel Feather temple in order to prevent the summoning of the Harbinger of Change, the great Kami Dragon who will grant one...
Author
Series
Shadow of the fox volume 1
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Formats
Description
One thousand years ago, the great Kami Dragon was summoned to grant a single terrible wish--and the land of Iwagoto was plunged into an age of darkness and chaos. Now, for whoever holds the Scroll of a Thousand Prayers, a new wish will be granted. A new age is about to dawn. Raised by monks in the isolated Silent Winds temple, Yumeko has trained all her life to hide her yokai nature. Half kitsune, half human, her skill with illusion is matched only...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Lexile measure
660L
Physical Desc
106 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Wild Willie showed up at my door and invited me to travel with him to Japan, I jumped at the chance. We were in search of an ancient, legendary samurai scroll that holds the secret to a long-lost fighting technique. The scroll had fallen into the wrong hands, and it was up to me and Wild Willie to track it down and save the day. But first, we would have to fight a group of talented ninjas. Holey cheese -- this would be one adventure I would never...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
628 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Taryn Cornick believes that the past--her sister's violent death, and her own ill-conceived revenge--is behind her, and she can get on with her life. She has written a successful book about the dangers that threaten libraries... but not all of the attention it brings her is good. Questions arise about a fire in the library at her grandparents' house and about the whereabouts of an ancient scroll box known as the Firestarter. A policeman, Jacob Berger,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
630L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (39 pages) : color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
When an ancient curse topples a stone silo, it releases a giant scroll sent by the evil Spellbinder for the purpose of enrolling all the world inside its page. The mighty Librarian is even powerless to stop it, which means some new hero will have to rise to save the world.
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
368 pages : maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Thomas Lourds ventures to Istanbul University in Turkey to examine artifacts never before seen by Western scholars. he's barely off the plane before he's kidnapped by ruthless people who leave a string of dead bodies in their wake. They want Lourds to translate coded writings that they hope will lead them to a lost scroll authored by John of Patmos--the same John who wrote the Book of Revelation in the Bible.
10) Race to the ark
Author
Series
Secret of the hidden scrolls volume 2
Publisher
WorthyKids/Ideals, an imprint of Worthy Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
118 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Peter, Mary, and their faithful dog Hank travel back to the time of Noah. With only seven days to solve the riddle of the scroll and escape the impending flood, Peter, Mary, and Hank must race to help Noah and his family finish the ark" --
11) The beginning
Author
Series
Secret of the hidden scrolls volume 1
Publisher
WorthyKids/Ideals, an imprint of Worthy Media, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
107 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
After ancient scrolls transport siblings Peter and Mary and their dog back in time to key moments in biblical history, they find themselves witnesses to the creation of the world just as God is speaking it into existence. Can they unlock the mystery of the scrolls before they get trapped in history forever?
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
309 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Astrid Xu stumbles upon an ancient Chinese scroll that she hopes is the key to curing her mother's depression, but when it transports her and her younger sister Marilla to a realm where Chinese legends are real, they suddenly find themselves caught in a war between good and evil.
14) The guardian
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
443 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Anna Riley has just come into possession of a two-thousand-year old scroll that God gave to John the Disciple. Her mission-- to guard the scroll and unlock its secret. Jason Lang, her protector, has his work cut out for him as they begin their journey around the world, facing corruption and dodging bullets-- all the while trying to keep his attraction to Anna at bay. Will he succeed in defending the woman he's vowed to protect? Will Anna, forced...