The Hunt for Gold

Band: Turquoise
Scheme: Oxford Reading Tree
Type: Fiction
Author: Roderick Hunt
ISBN: 9780198483182
The Hunt for Gold book cover

What's the book about?

A group of friends travel back in time on a magic adventure to a place where people are panning in a river and hoping to find shiny gold. They help a family search for gold nuggets so they can buy food and clothes, but sneaky robbers are watching and want to steal the treasure. With quick thinking and teamwork, the children find a clever way to keep the gold safe and make sure it ends up in the right hands.

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Reviews

Ethan D, Age 4

Rating:

This book is about
The children look for gold with Alice and Luke. The magic key took them there. Then Luke's father found a gold nugget. They wanted to use it to buy clothes and food. Robbers tried to take their gold, but Wilf used chewing gum to hide it under the cart.

The main characters are
Luke, Alice, Chip, Wilma, Wilf and Biff.

My favourite part of the book is
When Wilf hid the gold nugget under the cart with the chewing gum.

I would also like to say
Biff found a little speck of gold dust. Chip sneezed and it went on the carpet that Mum was going to vacuum.

leondio, Age 6

Rating:

This book is about
They saw a girl and a boy by the river looking for gold. The robbers had guns they wanted to TAKE the gold. They buy a cart.

The main characters are
Luke and Alice.

My favourite part of the book is
When they found the gold.

I would also like to say
Nothing

Millie, Age 5

Rating:

This book is about
Biff, Chip, Wilf and Wilma helped a family find gold. They had to pan for the gold just like they did in the olden days.

My favourite part of the book is
Biff took back a nugget of gold from the adventure, but when they got home it was just a speck. A big sneeze and the gold was gone forever.

I would also like to say
I liked this story very much.

Hannah Beth, Age 6

Rating:

This book is about
A hunt for gold.

My favourite part of the book is
When Luke and Alice were angry because they thought Biff and Chip where tring to steal their gold.

I would also like to say
I like gold to.