Young Indiana Jones and the Curse of the Ruby Cross

Young Indiana Jones and the Curse of the Ruby Cross is the eighth young adult novel in the series from Random House, and the fourth by author William McCay. It was released in 1991.

Publisher's summary[]

What I Did on My Spring Vacation by Indiana Jones

took a trip to New York City
met a great guy named Roberto at a street brawl
saved Roberto from burning up
went hunting for Roberto's stolen ruby cross
saved Roberto on the subway
crashed a party with a girlfriend
saved Roberto from a deadly curse
lost Roberto

Appearances[]

Characters[]

Amatus of Monte Cassino (Mentioned only)
Amory
Catania
Dough-face
Foreman Dowd
Minna Frobisher
Mr. Frobisher (Mentioned only)
Mrs. Frobisher (Mentioned only)
Wilfred Frobisher
Gorilla-man
Hercules (Mentioned only)
Henry Walton Jones, Sr.
Indiana Jones
Mary Jones
Geoffrey de Malaterra (Mentioned only)
Nora
Roberto Normanni
Roberto Normanni's aunt
Dr. Latson (Mentioned only)
Pinkie
Lizzie Ravenall
Ronald
Roger I of Sicily
Dean Sayers
Silvio
Torini (Mentioned only)
Susan Vandercross (Mentioned only)
Dr. Zachary Walton (Mentioned only)
Whiskers
William

Artifacts[]

Cross of Roger

Locations[]

Paris (Mentioned only)
Sicily (Mentioned only)
USA
- New Haven (Mentioned only)
  - Yale University Library (Mentioned only)
- New York
  - New York City
    - Columbia University (Mentioned only)
      - Barnard College (Mentioned only)
    - Delmonico's
    - Ellis Island (Mentioned only)
    - Fifth Avenue
      - Plaza Hotel
    - Greenwich Village
      - Thompson Street
      - Washington Square
    - Murray Hill (Mentioned only)
    - Union Square
- Utah (Mentioned only)
- Washington DC (Mentioned only)
  - Georgetown University (Mentioned only)

Miscellanea[]

Normans (Mentioned only)
Congressional Union
Brooklyn Dodgers (Mentioned only)
New York Giants (Mentioned only)
Rolls-Royce
RMS Titanic (Mentioned only)
Rerum Italicarum Scriptores (Mentioned only)
Historia Sicula (Mentioned only)
Yistore de li Normant (Mentioned only)
Western Union

Cover gallery[]

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