Mrs. M and Kregel Publications are excited to announce the release of the final two books, Valley of Treasure and Ocean of No Escape, in the Goldtown Adventures series for ages 9-13. The books release on April 16, so this is a fun way to win a sneak peek and get the books early!
WHAT’S INCLUDED? ($35 value)
- VALLEY OF TREASURE: To raise money for Cousin Nathan’s operation, Jem, Ellie, and Strike-it-rich Sam head for the high Sierra to find and recover the gold they lost five years ago on a previous prospecting trip.
- OCEAN OF NO ESCAPE: When Jem is shanghaied along the San Francisco waterfront, he must “learn the ropes” of a sailing vessel and endure seasickness, storms, and endless work while looking for a way to jump ship and return home.
- Goldtown Writing Journal
- Goldtown pen
- Gold nuggets bubblegum
- Vial of real gold
- Vial of fool’s gold (iron pyrite)
- Chocolate “gold nuggets”
Giveaway runs March 15 – March 29, and ends 5pm Pacific Time. Winner will be notified by email and has 48 hours to claim their prize. U.S. and APO mailing addresses only, please.



Ooh! I’m definitely entering!
If I don’t win, I am buying these books!
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These books are definitely some that my girls would love to read as well!
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Wow! I am definitely going to enter! This is so neat! Thank you for doing this!
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wow! so cool! by the way is book 6 called oceans of no return or oceans of no escape?
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Hi Mrs. M.
Can younger siblings enter under the same email as I?
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I don’t know. I don’t think the entry form will accept it.
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but they can enter under my parents email right?
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As long as it’s a different email, I think.
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Is it okay if I submit a story to your contest that I’m also submitting to another contest? The other one is super small (with less than 30 people participating) and the prize for winning isn’t publication or anything.
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Hey, it’s your story. Enter it wherever you want! Umm, the prize for this contest is not “publication” either, just putting it up on the winners’ page on the blog. Not quite the same as what I used to do with the Annual contest, where the winning stories ended up in a very nice paperback book on Amazon.
https://ranchfanfiction.blogspot.com/p/annual-contest-winners.html
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Mrs. M, so I live in Canada, does that make a difference for me?
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If you read the entire contest rules, you will see the sentence that says I ship to US addresses only. Sorry! It’s just too expensive to ship things to Canada.
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For entering I mean.
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Hi Mrs. M I was wondering if on number 6 of stating the prizes is it actually real gold?
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Yes it is.
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And if it is where did you get it?
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From Ebay a long time ago. They sell real gold jewelry “shavings” in small plastic vials. It’s a real hit at homeschool conventions. There is so little gold that it actually floats. Gold can be hammered super thin so it looks like there is a lot of gold but there is not. Teensy amounts.
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I accidently clicked “follow my publisher on Instagram” and I don’t even have Instagram… lol
Is there a way to unclick it?
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No, it’s okay. Don’t stress over it. There are already nearing 200 entries and 1,800 bonus entries.
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Okay, thanks!
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Hi, I was just wondering when the Winner be announced?
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On Monday
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Since it’s Resurrection weekend I’m going to hold off until Monday
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