Treasure hunt book includes clues in Acton
In the 1980’s, readers became obsessed with a picture book, Masquerade, in which the text and illustrations concealed clues to the location of a golden treasure that the author had hidden somewhere in Great Britain. Masquerade spawned a whole genre of book-based treasure hunts, with clues based in various locales, including Boston and the Rocky Mountains. And now, an Andover-based author has created a treasure hunt book that includes clues in Acton. In a press release and phone interview with the Acton Exchange, Michael Cloherty O’Connell described his self-published children’s book Riley’s Treasure Chase. The story is centered around historical…
