TIANNA HOWARDADVENTURES

Book 1 · Published 24 November 2025

Tianna and the Mystery of the Beale Treasure

A coded journal. Missing parents. A trail that will not wait.

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When twelve-year-old Tianna Howard receives a battered journal from her archaeologist parents, its strange sketches and unfinished clues suggest that something is wrong. Their disappearance sends her into a dangerous international search linked to the legendary Beale ciphers, where every answer raises a more troubling question.

The history behind the fiction

The 1885 Beale Papers and their three numerical ciphers.

Historical status: The alleged expedition and buried treasure are disputed.

Fiction boundary: Tianna, her investigation and the story's resolution are fictional.

Choosing a Christmas gift for a curious reader?

For parents and grandparents choosing for ages 11–14, this historical adventure offers codes to examine and evidence to question. Tianna’s international investigation is fiction; the Beale treasure claim remains disputed.

Meet Tianna in the Book 1 character trailer

Explore what the Beale evidence does and does not prove

Try the free cipher and evidence activity

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Five stars from Readers’ Favorite

“It is incredibly satisfying to watch a child’s sharp mind consistently outwit a dangerous crew of adults.”

Kamil Wróbel, reviewing Tianna and the Mystery of the Beale Treasure for Readers’ Favorite. Overall rating: 5 out of 5 stars.

The review praises the book’s family ties, historical settings and code-solving. This is a Readers’ Favorite editorial review, separate from Amazon customer ratings.

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