The Story of the Treasure Seekers

           I have spent the past weeks reading Story of the Treasure Seekers. Since I have finished it, I will be writing about what I like and what I did not like about the book. I will also talk a little bit about the book itself.

           The Story of the Treasure Seekers is an excellent story about six kids and their father. Their mother is dead, and their father is struggling with his business. Since he is never home, the children (Dora, Oswald, Dicky, Alice, Noel, and H.O) decide to look for treasure to help their family.

           All the children think of a way to get money. Some of the ideas were: digging for treasure, being detectives, being bandits, saving someone and that person gives them money, being editors, being poets, marrying a princess and paying they rest of the family, making money using adds, selling wine, using a divining-rod to find gold, making medicine, etc. Some of these attempts to make money were a success, but others led to the children getting it trouble even by people they did not know!

            Finally, they met their Indian uncle. He had come to do something with business with their father, but the food was not good, and the uncle started to leave upset, if Ozwald, the second oldest child and oldest boy, had not stopped him and asked to eat with them tomorrow.

           The children had made some money and bought some nice foods, not mutton and other disgusting dishes but rabbit, coconut, nuts, berries and other delicious foods that Uncle, who is poor, did not have very often. The uncle had a great time, and the children and Uncle became great friends.

           I liked this book very much. I would not say it is not one of my favorites. I think it is not as adventurous to be a favorite, but it was still very fun to read. I loved how all the children thought of a silly way to get money, and how it worked or did not work. If you like stories about kids and success and learning from your mistakes and silly ideas and families working together, and family in general, this is defiantly a book for you.