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|  | | Brock Ford: The Lost Treasure of Kilimanjaro
A 12-year-old finds himself in the middle of an African safari mystery.
Brock Ford is a twelve-year-old with a huge imagination and a longing to explore. When he discovers that his uncle, Dirk Armstrong, is an anthropologist in Africa, his life takes an adventurous turn. Dirk persuades Brock’s parents to let him spend the summer in Kenya, and, with his dog Sparky in tow, Brock finds himself in the middle of Africa, learning about the Masai people and the native wildlife. However, Brock is soon caught up in a mystery involving a long-extinct tribe, the horrendous destruction of villages at night, and a search for the lost treasure of King Menelik. Brock, D | |  | | Brock Ford: The Mummy's Tomb
Young Brock Ford travels to Egypt and discovers the secrets of an ancient mummy.
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In this, his second adventure, Brock Ford makes a harrowing journey to Egypt with his anthropologist uncle, Dirk Armstrong, searching for the hidden tomb of King Kheti. Disregarding warnings both ancient and modern, the expedition breaks through to the tomb and the wealth within. But all doesn’t seem to be as it should. Someone is trying to sabotage the expedition. Is it the head guide, Sabef? The loud-mouthed head of the Cairo Museum, Dr. Oba? Or his assistant, the lovely, exotic Subira Baris? What secret does a mysterious statue hold? And why is the king’s mummy not in | |  | | Brock Ford: The River of Gold
12-year-old Brock Ford uncovers an Alaskan mystery involving ghost towns, totem poles, and an elusive creature known as the Urayuli.
In his third adventure, 12-year-old Brock Ford joins his uncle, world-famous anthropologist Dirk Armstrong, on an expedition into the Yukon valley of Alaska to study the lives of the Inuit people. While in the Alaskan wilderness, Brock is caught up in a mystery involving an old ghost town and a lost gold mine. And just when he thinks he understands the connection between the two, he comes face to face with a strange creature known to the Inuit as the Urayuli. | |  | | Muscle and Blood
The truths of life and death, the horrible brutality of racism, and the power that comes with the discovery of inner courage.
Muscle and Blood is the story of two teenage boys--one white and one black--growing up in rural Western Kentucky during the turbulent late 1960s. Ben McEntire is the son of a prominent farmer; he is torn between his family's expectations for his artistic talents and his own longing to work the farm like his brothers. Ben is isolated and misunderstood until he meets Alex Jones. Alex is an impoverished black youth whose family is mistrusted and disliked by the whites in the community. Ben and Alex's friendship develops through an eruption of controversy and prejudice, a hatred that threatens to |
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