80 days or die / Lerangis, Peter

Thirteen-year-old Max Tilt has found his great-great-great-grandfather Jules Verne's unfinished manuscript, "The Lost Treasures," and now together with the story of Verne's impossible recovery from a gunshot wound, Max and his cousin Alex think they can use the manuscript to discover the key to a cure for their seriously ill friend. It will take a race around the world to collect the magical healing elements, with adventure at every turn.

"Max and his cousin Alex revisit The Lost Treasures, and they find a clue that just might be the key to a cure. It's the story of Verne's seemingly impossible recovery from a near-fatal gunshot wound. Somehow, after being shot, Verne didn't just survive, he thrived. And the book hints that he was only able to do so after collecting magical healing elements that he'd saved from a race around the world. Piecing together hints from Verne's Around the World in 80 Days and his lost manuscript, Max and Alex realize there's a way to save Max's mom if they're daring enough to try"--Amazon.