Reeya Rai: Adventurous Inventor - Böcker

While her parents are studying an ancient settlement in Italy, Reeya Rai and her friend Finlay discover a nearby cave. Inside, they find evidence that a priceless, jewel-studded figurine of an ivory peacock may be nearby. Excited, Reeya and her family decide to explore the cave, where they find the priceless artefact hidden deep inside. But there’s one problem: it sits on a ledge across a wide crevasse that’s too far to jump across. Even worse, their rival, Dr Acker, is also searching the caves for the precious figurine. Will Reeya invent something to safely retrieve the ivory peacock before Dr Acker finds it?

While staying with relatives in Rajasthan, India, Reeya Rai and her friends are playing a game of cricket when they stumble upon an ancient, water-filled stepwell. Reeya and her friends decide to create a submersible with a camera to explore the stepwell and uncover its secrets. In the watery depths, they discover an ancient door with a mysterious symbol on it. Could this be the key to discovering one of India’s ancient lost treasures? And will they uncover the truth before Dr Acker and his daughter, Elsie, learn about what they’ve found?

While exploring ancient catacombs in Egypt, Reeya Rai and her family discover a chamber hidden behind a large wall of rubble. Inside are several mysterious ancient statues. However, there isn’t time to explore the chamber. A large storm is coming that threatens to flood the entire region. Thinking quickly, Reeya and her friends invent a way to transport sandbags and build a wall to protect the catacombs from flooding. When they return, what ancient mysteries will they find hidden in the chamber? And how will they keep Dr Acker and his daughter, Elsie, from discovering the chamber’s secrets first?

While helping her parents organize items at a museum in Greece, Reeya Rai finds some paintings made by a medieval artist and inventor from India. When Reeya learns that artists sometimes hide secret messages in their paintings, Reeya creates a special colour-wheel to study the artist’s paintings. In them, she finds clues to the location of the inventor’s secret workshop! Unfortunately, to access it, Reeya needs a small artefact currently held by her nemesis, Elsie Acker. Will Reeya find a way to get the artefact from Elsie without alerting Dr Acker to the workshop’s location?

While visiting Paris, France, Reeya Rai buys a piece of art that leads her on a hunt for emerald glasses belonging to Shah Jahan in the 1600s. Her search leads her and her friends to a safe in a castle in the French countryside, but the key is nowhere to be found. Can a homemade stethoscope hold the answer to opening the safe? And will Reeya discover the treasured glasses within?

Reeya Rai and her friend Finlay join their archaeologist parents as they excavate an ancient Portuguese trading ship discovered on the Skeleton Coast of Namibia. Her dad believes the Fiery Cross of Goa may have been among the artefacts in the shipwreck. This seven-foot-tall cross is covered with precious gems! Will Reeya and her friends find the treasured cross? And if they do, how will they move such a large artefact without rival archaeologist Dr Acker and his irksome daughter, Elsie, learning about it?

Reeya Rai has joined her archaeologist parents on an excavation of an underground city in Turkey. There she learns the legend of an Indian inventor and his water clock cup. She also learns that Turkey is an earthquake hot spot. Worried that warning signals won’t make it to the archaeologists working in the underground city, Reeya builds a homemade seismograph. It's designed to indicate an oncoming earthquake for those working underground. Will Reeya’s invention keep her parents and others safe, and will they ever find the legendary cup?