First published 2017
Thirteen-year-old Max Tilt stumbles upon an incredible discovery in his attic: an unpublished manuscript by his ancestor Jules Verne called The Lost Treasures. Max desperately needs a miracle. His mother lies sick, his father has lost his job, and the bank threatens to take their house. When Max and his cousin Alex decode the manuscript, they learn something shocking. Every adventure Verne wrote actually happened, and his final work contains clues to a real treasure that could save Max's family. But they're not alone in their quest. Spencer Niemand, a mysterious man with distinctive skunk-striped hair, has spent years studying Verne's writings and wants the treasure for his own dark purposes. Max and Alex must race against time through deadly perils: the ruins of a sunken city, an encounter with a massive squid, and a treacherous whirlpool that has claimed every previous explorer. Their family's survival depends on reaching the treasure first.
Genres: science-fiction, adventure, mystery, fantasy
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, race-against-time
Setting: Sunken City
Period: 21st-Century
363 pages · Kindle Edition · HarperCollins