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A hidden treasure, a golden sun, and a road into danger: how far will a team of friends go?
In Van Powell's The Mystery Boys and the Secret of the Golden Sun, young friends follow clues toward hidden treasure in Central America. Jungles, mountains, old ruins and busy ports form the setting for an adventure built around a mystery and the pull of an unknown prize.
The Mystery Boys face the unknown as a team, with the golden sun at the heart of their search. Friendship gives the journey its warmth; danger and puzzles keep it moving. You need no knowledge of the region or earlier books to step onto the road with them.
What you’ll discover
- Friends against the unknown Follow a team whose loyalty makes the treasure hunt more than a search for riches.
- The golden sun's secret Let the mystery at the story's heart draw you from one clue to the next.
- A road through Central America Enter an adventure setting of jungles, mountains, old ruins and busy ports.
- Danger with every discovery Feel the pull of hidden treasure as the friends travel toward an uncertain prize.
- The pleasure of quick adventure Enjoy short chapters, a clear goal and puzzles that keep the story moving.
Who will love it
Readers who enjoy treasure hunts, secret codes and dangerous rivers will love this book. It suits fans of old-fashioned adventure and loyal, clever friends.
What’s inside
The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- A stranger who smells money offers a bargain
- Henry's story and a friend from Texas
- A storm and a reef strand the cruiser
- Toosa the old magician rules the river
- Henry betrays his friends and flees downriver
- Kindness and confidence wake a lost man's memory
- Lost in the jungle, the boys enter a closed land
- Character, not color or cleverness, earns loyalty
- A steady mind turns danger into a way out
- Secret signs, cliffhangers and tricks drive the telling
Who’s who
- Tom CarrollA cool, level-headed schoolboy who searches for his sister Margery, lost five years ago, and who solves problems by thinking before he acts.
- NickyThe youngest Mystery Boy, quick, impulsive and cheerful, always ready for action and fascinated by pirates and old treasure.
- Cliff GrayThe oldest of the three friends, a mechanical, thoughtful helper to his scholar father who urges his friends to stay calm.
- Bill SaundersKnown as Quipu Bill, a lean Texas rancher and fellow Mystery Boy who joins the trip looking for adventure and a share of gold.
- Henry MorganA scarred, hard-drinking drifter who says he can smell money and wants the Golden Sun for himself.
- Mr. GrayCliff's elderly father, a scholar of ancient peoples who wants to learn about Central American tribes and guides the boys with calm advice.
- ToosaA bent, powerful old Indian chief and healer on the Rio Patuca, who many believe is a magician and who knows more than he says.
- JackA beachcomber at Porto Bello who has lost his memory and his self-respect, and who wants to be a decent man again.
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I ragazzi del mistero e il segreto del Sole d’oro
by Van Powell · 1931
A scarred drifter named Henry Morgan offers Tom Carroll news of his missing sister, at a price.
Medium level5–10 hours to readItaliano
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Would you pay a stranger for news of a sister who vanished five years ago? Tom Carroll faces that choice on a rocky trail near the Dead Hope mine in Mexico.
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A stranger who smells money offers a bargain
The story opens at the Dead Hope mine in Mexico. Tom Carroll and his friends Nicky and Cliff have come to look for clues about Tom's sister Margery. Five years earlier, bandits raided a remote mine, left Tom's father dead and carried off the gold. Margery, then eleven, was never found.
All morning, a ragged miner with a scar from nose to jaw has watched the boys. He rides after them and gives his name as Henry Morgan. Tom expects a robbery, but Morgan says he simply knows things, and he admits he knows something about Margery.
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- 1931
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- Italiano
- Reading time
- 4 h 5 min
- Level
- Medium level
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Powell, Van. The Mystery Boys and the Secret of the Golden Sun. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-mystery-boys-and-the-secret-of-the-golden-sun.
Powell, V. (2026). The mystery boys and the secret of the Golden Sun. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-mystery-boys-and-the-secret-of-the-golden-sun (Original work published 1931)
Powell, Van. The Mystery Boys and the Secret of the Golden Sun. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-mystery-boys-and-the-secret-of-the-golden-sun.
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What is The Mystery Boys and the Secret of the Golden Sun about?
It follows Tom Carroll, Cliff and Nicky as they search Mexico and Central America for Tom's sister, lost after a bandit raid. A scarred drifter, a cruiser, an old magician and the mystery of the Golden Sun lead them on.
Who are the Mystery Boys?
They are Tom Carroll, Cliff Gray and Nicky, three schoolmates from Amadale Military Academy. Each has a mystery in his life, and they formed a secret order with signs, oaths and codes to help one another solve them.
What is the Golden Sun in the book?
Henry Morgan first describes it as a mountain of gold. Later the old Indian Toosa says it is not a mine but something alive, and the book keeps the meaning in play as the search unfolds.
The author
Van Powell
1886–1962 · American screenwriter and author
Van Powell was an American screenwriter and author. He was born in 1886 and died in 1962. He wrote The Mystery Boys and the Secret of the Golden Sun. His work included fiction and screenwriting.
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