The Lunch Money Treasure

A Smoochie Adventure

by Gary Rivera

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The Lunch Money Treasure

A Smoochie Adventure

by Gary Rivera

Published Aug 31, 2023
230 Pages
6 x 9 Black & White Paperback
Genre: YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Action & Adventure / General


 

Book Details

While searching for "happily ever after."

Who doesn't love a mystery! Especially when a reward is guaranteed for solving it.
What if you are looking for a treasure that was buried twenty years ago? What if you are hoping to find the treasure in order to help two lost loves reunite? What if the only clue you have is four words, you are starting your search in a new environment with only your closest friends to help you for fear of public ridicule and you have no idea of the identity of the two lost loves? What if you are an 11-year-old girl who will be starting middle school in three days?

Those are the challenges that Smoochie, an impressionable child starting Osceola Middle School, will need to deal with if she has any hope of reuniting two lost souls: a bully and a true love.

Join Smoochie in her adventure as she learns her own life lessons while searching for the lunch money treasure.

 

Book Excerpt

CHAPTER 1, THE STORY:

…and the bully made one last attempt to win back his love by giving her all the money he saved over the years while begging for forgiveness: “Please take it,” the bully said. “Do whatever you think best; give it back to the kids but don’t hate me. Please forgive me. I’m not that person anymore. I’ve changed and there’s no one I care about as much as you. I’ll be alone if you don’t forgive me.”Although the bully sounded sincere, his true love’s feelings remained unchanged, “Are you too ashamed to face the people whose money you took?” She replied. “You don’t get it—what you did…” She paused before continuing. “You don’t understand. I can’t forget what you’ve done.” She walked away leaving him broken. I can’t tell you what happened next, or how it was done, but it’s rumored the money was buried somewhere at Osceola Middle School. Maybe, if the money is found, it would be a sign the bully and his true love could start over. Whether the bully never fully made amends for what he’d done, or his true love could never find it in her heart to forgive him, it’s believed the money is still buried at the school. The only clue to finding the lunch money treasure is—find the triple square.”

 

About the Author

Gary Rivera

Gary Rivera, a father of two and currently living in Central Florida, is a first-time author. Although he has written many things in his life, this is the first he has publicly shared, and hopes to have the pleasure of sharing more in the future.

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