Curse of the Ruins

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Curse of the Ruins
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Author Gary Paulsen
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SeriesWorld of Adventure
Genre Young adult novel
Publisher Random House
Publication date
February 9, 1998
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages96 pp
ISBN 0-440-41225-0
OCLC 38466799
Preceded by Thunder Valley  
Followed by Flight of the Hawk  

Curse of the Ruins is the seventeenth novel in World of Adventure series by Gary Paulsen. It was published on February 9, 1998 by Random House.

Plot

The story is about Sam, his thirteen-year-old twin sister, Katie and their cousin Shala who are trying to find their dad who is lost on a New Mexico ruin while escaping danger from bad guys who want to find a secret map, which their dad left them.


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