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The Young Indiana Jones adventure novels
(based on TV series):
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With the release of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles TV-series
in 1992 Lucasfilm gave authorization to several authors to
write adaptations of some chronicles.<br> Random House
published 8 English adaptations, Ballantine Books published
2, Golden Books 1, Golden Star Reader also 1 and 2 British
adaptations.
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01. The Mummy's Curse
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Adapted by: Megan Stine & H. William
Stine
Publisher: Random Hourse
Publish Date: May 1992
Based on: Egypt, May 1908 (Curse of the Jackal)
Synopsis:
Nine-year-old Indiana Jones his excitemen at learning about
archaeology from none other than T.E. Lawrence (of Arabia)
soon sours when a man guarding a newly opened tomb is murdered...
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02. Field of Death
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Adapted
by: Les Martin
Publisher: Random Hourse
Publish Date: May 1992
Based on: Verdun, September 1916
Synopsis:
Serving as a front-line courier during World War I, seventeen-year-old
Indiana Jones is shocked to find French generals sending their
men out on hopeless missions and decides to try to stop the
waste of human life...
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03. Safari Sleuth
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Adapted by: A.L. Singer
Publisher: Random Hourse
Publish Date: May 1992
Based on: British East Africa, September 1909
Synopsis:
On a mission to shoot specimens for the Smithsonian with none
other than Teddy Roosevelt, ten-year-old Indiana Jones finds
that his own life is endangered when he sets off to find a
vanishing species of gazelle...
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04. The Secret Peace
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Adapted by: William McCay
Publisher: Random Hourse
Publish Date: May 1992
Based on: Austria, March 1917
Synopsis:
A secret agent for the French during the First World War,
Indiana Jones embarks on a dangerous mission in Austria, and
is determined to help the Austrian emperor get his country
out of the war...
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05. Trek of Doom
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Adapted by: Les Martin
Publisher: Random Hourse
Publish Date: October 1992
Based on: German East Africa, December 1916
Synopsis:
German East Africa, seventeen-year-old Indiana Jones joins
an expedition from the Belgian Congo, a mission that soon
becomes hampered by illness, ambush, desertion, and mutiny...
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06. Revolution!
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Adapted by: Gavin Scott
Publisher: Random Hourse
Publish Date: October 1992
Based on: Petrograd, July 1917
Synopsis:
While working with French Intelligence in Petrograd, eighteen-year-old
Indiana Jones discovers a plot against his Russian friends,
some of whom may be massacred by Cossacks because of their
political activities...
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07. Race To Danger
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Adapted by: Stephanie Calmenson
Publisher: Random Hourse
Publish Date: May 1993
Based on: Princeton, February 1916
Synopsis:
In search of transportation for his prom, sixteen-year-old
Indiana Jones heads for the laboratories of Thomas Edison,
only to find himself caught up in an investigation into the
theft of the designs for a new electric car...
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08. Prisoner of War
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Adapted by: Les Martin
Publisher: Random Hourse
Publish Date: May 1993
Based on: The Somme, August 1916 and Germany, August
1916
Synopsis:
Held prisoner in a German fortress, seventeen-year-old Indiana
Jones joins forces with a young French captain, Charles de
Gaulle, to plan a daring escape...
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Original Young Indy Novels
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A few authors received authorization from Lucasfilm to write
original Young Indiana Jones novels in 1990. These novels
are not adaptations of any Young Indy TV-series but are completely
original stories that fit Indy's timeline.
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01. Young Indiana Jones and the Plantation
Treasure
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Author:
William McCay
Publisher: Random Hourse
Publish Date: 1990
Synopsis:
Young Indiana Jones his father, is in Georgetown lecturing
at
the university on medieval literature. Indy, however, travels
to the Carolinas where he follows the trail of a Civil War
slave
in the Underground Railroad.
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02. Young Indiana Jones and the Tomb
of Terror
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Author:
Les Martin
Publisher: Random Hourse
Publish Date: 1990
Synopsis:
In one of his first meetings with Marcus Brody, Indy helps
him
in his hunt for archaeological artifacts in Egypt. Together,
they discover a valuable ring that may be from the
not-yet-officially-discovered tomb of King Tutankhamen. They
also cross swords with German spies and narrowly escape the
last major outbreak of the bubonic plague. And that all with
his new friend, the young boy Sallah.
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03. Young Indiana Jones and the Circle
of Death
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Author:
William McCay
Publisher: Random Hourse
Publish Date: 1990
Synopsis:
Indy and a boarding school pal, Herman Mueller, aid Herman's
father on a research trip to Stonehenge. They soon discover
that someone is trying to sabotage the dig as they are
confronted by a magic wielding German spy. Indy and Herman
barely escape injury with some questionable help from the
ancient stones themselves and the power of the rising sun
focused through the saboteur's magic crown.
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04. Young Indiana Jones and the Secret
City
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Author:
Les Martin
Publisher: Random Hourse
Publish Date: 1990
Synopsis:
Immediately after his French escapade, Indy is dragged to
Constantinople as his father pursues the Holy Grail. Luckily,
also joining him is Herman Mueller and together they
investigate the trail of a knife believed to be linked to
the
legend of Cain and Abel (Cain and Abel where sons of Adam
and Eve; Cain slew Abel out of jealously). Their adventure
is
cut somewhat short when Indy's father hears of the
assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and leaves
Turkey.
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05. Young Indiana Jones and the Princess
of Peril
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Author:
Les Martin
Publisher: Random Hourse
Publish Date: 1991
Synopsis:
Young Indiana Jones his summer of 1913 ends with a brief
jaunt to Russia and a meeting with the hereditary Georgian
princess, Tamar. Afterwards he rejoins his father in Armenia
who is on a side trip studying the Crusades.
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06. Young Indiana Jones and the Gypsy
Revenge
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Author:
Les Martin
Publisher: Random Hourse
Publish Date: 1991
Synopsis:
Indy's school in Utah burns down, ending the year early.
Making sure that Indy doesn't lose out in his studies, his
father sends him off with a graduate assistant to southern
France. The goal of their trip is to find a letter from King
Louis
IX, send before the king's second crusade. Instead they find
a
jewel-encrusted crown swiped from Louis by gypsies.
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07. Young Indiana Jones and the Ghostly
Riders
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Author:
William McCay
Publisher: Random Hourse
Publish Date: 1991
Synopsis:
Young Indy is in a boarding school in England while his father
lectures at Cambridge University. This does nothing to slow
down Indy's adventures, however. Between a corrupt mine
owner, a ring that may have belonged to the court of King
Arthur and the mystique of Samhaim (All Hallow's Eve), Indy
has little trouble filling in the time between classes.
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08. Young Indiana Jones and the Curse
of the Ruby Cross
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Author:
William McCay
Publisher: Random Hourse
Publish Date: 1991
Synopsis:
Young Indy discovers the power of an Italian curse placed
upon a cross made from the sword hilt of a Norman warrior.
He
helps an old friend (Lizzie Ravenall, who was involved in
his
Underground Railroad adventure) locate the cross while an
a
break in New York City.
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09. Young Indiana Jones' Titanic Adventure
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Author:
Les Martin
Publisher: Random Hourse
Publish Date: 1993
Synopsis:
Young Indiana Jones visits Great Britain and is invited to
high
tea with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Soon after, young Indy
travels on the ill-fated ocean liner, the Titanic. He and
his
tutor, Helen Seymour, narrowly escape the fate that claimed
more than 1.517 lives.
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10. Young Indiana Jones and the Lost
Gold of Durango
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Author: Megan Stine & H. William Stine
Publisher: Random Hourse
Publish Date: 1993
Synopsis:
Young Indiana Jones meets an Anasazi man who claims to be
Billy the Kid in the late summer of 1912. With Billy the Kid's
help, young Indy stops a pair of bank robbers.
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11. Young Indiana Jones and the Face
of the Dragon
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Autor: William McCay
Publisher: Random Hourse
Publish Date: 1994
Synopsis:
When the Joneses leave Honolulu, they encounter troubles as
their steamer is intercepted by a Japanese naval vessel.
Young Indy discovers soon after that someone has smuggled
a golden Chinese dragon statuette in his luggage, which he
hides from the Japanese inspectors. Once they reach the
mainlan
hd, the statuette becomes object of a desperate hunt
by Chinese, Japanese and German factions.
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12. Young Indiana Jones and the Journey
to the Underworld
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Author: Megan Stine & H. William Stine
Publisher: Random Hourse
Publish Date: 1994
Synopsis:
Henry Jones Sr. allows Indy to travel to London for one last
vacation before returning to school. While there, Indy
discovers (through a bit of misfortune) that an ancient Greek
bowl is a forgery. Indy and his father then travel to Greece
in
search of the stolen artifact.
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13. Young Indiana Jones and the Mountain
of Fire
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Author: William McCay
Publisher: Random Hourse
Publish Date: 1994
Synopsis:
Far from the problems in Europe, the Joneses travel to China
in search of more Grail clues. However, in Honolulu, one of
their stopovers on the way, the war catches up. Young Indy's
adventure in Honolulu pits him against a very active volcano
and a German agent intent on killing a British professor.
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14. Young Indiana Jones and the Pirates'
Loot
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Author: J.N. Fox
Publisher: Random Hourse
Publish Date: 1994
Synopsis:
While young Indy's father lectures in Boston. He travels a
bit
with Helen Seymour (it is her first time in America) along
the
New England coast and engages in a treasure hunt after
hearing tales of Captain Kidd's exploits.
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15. Young Indiana Jones and the Eye of
the Tiger
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Author: William McCay
Publisher: Random Hourse
Publish Date: 1995
Synopsis:
Indy and his father travel to India where he meets and
befriends Prince Kasim. The royal guard tells Indy and Kasim
not to touch the ancient tiger's-eye amulet, but Kasim refuses
to listen and begins wearing it around his neck. When a tiger
is seen stalking the area, Indy notices that Kasim has
mysteriously disappeared. He begins to wonder if his friend
could have changed into the dreaded legendary beast - the
weretiger. Indy sets out to find the answer and save his
friend from the curse of the amulet.
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16. Young Indiana Jones and the Mask
of the Madman
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Author: Megan Stine & H. William Stine
Publisher: Random Hourse
Publish Date: 1996
Synopsis:
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YIJC choose your own adventure books:
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all adapted by Richard Brightfield, Bantam Books, 1992-1993
The Valley of the Kings
based on Egypt, May 1908 (Curse of the Jackal)
South of the Border
based on Mexico, March 1916 (Curse of the Jackal)
Revolution In Russia
based on Petrograd, July 1917
Masters of the Louvre
based on Paris, July 1908
African Safari
based on British East Africa, September 1909
Behind the Great Wall
based on Peking, March 1910
The Roaring Twenties
based on Mystery of the Blues
The Irish Rebellion
based on Ireland, April 1916
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The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles graphic
novels:
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The Curse of the Jackal
by Dan Barry, 1992
The Search for the Oryx
by Dan Barry, 1992
The Peril of the Fort
by Dan Barry, 1992
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The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles novelizations
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The Mata Hari Affair
adapted by James Luceno, Ballantine Books, 1992
based on Paris, October 1916
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The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles golden
books:
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The Mummy's Curse
adapted by Parker Smith, 1992
based on Egypt, May 1908 (Curse of the Jackal)
Safari in Africa
adapted by Sally Bell, 1992
based on British East Africa, September 1909
Perilous Puzzles
1992, no author or editor is listed for this book. It is a
collection of puzzles (crossword, find the words, maze, decipher
the code, etc)
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The Young Indiana Jones stepping stone
books:
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Young Indiana Jones and the Ring of Power
Random House, June 1998, ISBN 0-6798-9049
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Misc
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Young Indiana Jones Chronicles poster book
1992, scenes from TV series
Young Indiana Jones Chronicles activity book
1992, sticker fun
Lost Diaries of Young Indiana Jones
by Eric D. Weiner, 1994
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, On the Set and Behind
the Scenes
by Dan Madsen, 90 pages
Bantam Books, April 1992, ISBN 0-553-37006-5
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