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The Story of the Treasure Seekers

E. Nesbit (1899)

SubgenreChildren's Fantasy
Age groupChildren 5-8
Content ratingG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
SeriesBastable Children #1
Setting
CSM age6
Goodreads3.93
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Content levels

ViolenceNone
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

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Positive tags

AdventureHumorSibling BondHeartwarmingFound Family

Protagonist archetypes

Ensemble CastComing-of-Age Protagonist

Tropes

Coming of AgeQuestFish out of WaterFound Family

Themes

FamilyImaginationChildhood InnocenceEconomic HardshipSibling RelationshipsProblem-SolvingVictorian Society

Synopsis

The six Bastable children try to restore their family's fortune using a variety of schemes taken from books, including finding buried treasure, rescuing someone from bandits, and starting a newspaper.

Is The Story of the Treasure Seekers appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 6 and up.

A gentle, wholesome story of six siblings working together through creative schemes to help their struggling family. All adventures are innocent childhood mishaps with no concerning content.

What to know going in

This book has no graphic violence, no sexual content, and clean language.

Who'll love this

Kids will love the funny and imaginative plans the Bastable children come up with to save their family.

Tags

Historical FictionHumorDomestic FictionVictorian Literature