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The Sunken City of Sapphire

The Sunken City of Sapphire

Ahmed, Aqeel

Paperback

General Juvenile Fiction

ISBN10: 1998586898
ISBN13: 9781998586899
Publisher: 978-1-998586-89-9
Published: Apr 27 2025
Pages: 98
Weight: 0.31
Height: 0.20 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The Sunken City of Sapphire

Introduction Summary-The Sunken City of Sapphire

The sun-splashed beaches of Coral Cove are the favorite playground of eleven-year-old Kai Rivers and his nine-year-old sister Luna. Careful, inquisitive Kai roams the tide pools with a magnifying glass and sketchbook, recording crabs and anemones, while tuneful, crown-making Luna twirls behind him, draped in seaweed garlands. Their grandmother, retired sea captain and museum curator Mira Rivers, always reminds them that every tide hides a secret-if you know how to look.

One blazing June afternoon, the ocean delivers its loudest secret yet: wedged between rocks lies a barnacle-crusted metal tube sealed in wax. Inside, the children find a fragile, blue-flecked parchment. It shows a crescent of islands, a spiral of arrows, and one electrifying word-SILURIAN-hovering above sketches of shimmering crystal spires labeled Sapphire City. Racing home, they unroll the map for Captain Mira, who gasps that the Silurian period ended nearly four hundred million years ago. The parchment, she says, is older than the lighthouse itself, and it hints that a vast sapphire metropolis may sleep beneath their bay.

That night, while the lighthouse lamp sweeps golden paths across a velvet sea, Kai traces the spiral of arrows and vows to seek the hidden city. Luna, her wilted seaweed crown now a bedtime halo, answers with fearless enthusiasm: armed with Granny's tales, Dad's workshop tools, and a spark of courage, they can dive deeper than anyone before.

Thus, the tide's secret becomes a calling. An adventure is set in motion that will carry two young explorers through glowing undersea trenches, along musical crystal corridors, and into the luminous heart of ancient Silurian engineering-where stone sings, science shines, and friendship proves the brightest treasure. Their quest will assess inventions, unravel riddles, and show that true bravery often arrives on small feet but with huge, hopeful hearts.

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