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Kim Yost

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Website

https://www.thelifechestadventureseries.com/

Genre

Young Adult, Fantasy, Science Fiction

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Rick Riordan, Gordon Korman, Peter Lerangis, Jude Watson, Franklin W. ...more

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KIM YOST is the creator of two five-book series: The Life Chest Adventures and The Life Chest Extreme Adventures. A third, The Life Chest Infinite Adventures, has begun.

Kim’s first writing project was the Pumptitude series of motivational books, a trilogy in which he shared life lessons by telling his own stories of challenge, perseverance, and positivity.

Kim also began a family tradition of keeping a life chest, a place of honor to store important keepsakes. Both the Pumptitude lessons and the life chest concept became jumping off points for the Life Chest Adventure books, in which Kim appears as the great-great-grandfather of the main characters of Series One, cousins Josh and Bernie.

To create the most colorful, exciting, and accurate d ...more

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Time Travel for Dummies

The first few times Zen time traveled, she wasn’t sure exactly how she accomplished it! All she knew was that it happened when she held a treasured keepsake from one of her family’s life chests…Bangkok: The Lost Temple of Gold Read more of this blog post »

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Published on July 21, 2026 14:04 • Tags: time-travel

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	Pumptitude 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	China: Intrigue, Adventure and Wisdom (The Life Chest Adventure Series, #1) it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Maximum Pumptitude 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pirates: The Secret of Dead Man's Cave (The Life Chest Adventure Series, #4) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Internal Pumptitude 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vikings: Good Over Evil (The Life Chest Adventure Series, #3) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Machu Picchu: The Forgotten Incas (The Life Chest Extreme Adventures, #2) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mummies: The Curse of Nefertari (The Life Chest Adventure Series, #5) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bangkok: The Lost Temple of Gold (The Life Chest Extreme Adventures, #1) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Africa: Greed Loses What It Has Gained (The Life Chest Adventure Series, #2) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Kim Yost liked Kim Yost's blog post: Time Travel for Dummies " The first few times Zen time traveled, she wasn’t sure exactly how she accomplished it! All she knew was that it happened when she held a treasured keepsake from one of her family’s life chests…Bangkok: The Lost Temple of Gold"
Aug 24, 2026 02:25PM
Kim Yost made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Kim Yost topic " Hi Librarians, —Requesting that books be divided into three series— This request was made a few weeks ago. I appreciate the help, but it was done incorr ...more "
Aug 24, 2026 07:29AM
Kim Yost made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Merging author pages topic " I think there are 2 author pages for Kim Yost. One is a Goodreads Author and one is not. The book below is not showing up on the Goodreads Author page ...more "
Aug 09, 2026 12:32PM
Kim Yost made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Combine books into series topic " Hi Librarians, Could you please create three individual series pages for my books, and nest them all inside a master "Parent Series" called "The Life C ...more "
Aug 09, 2026 12:19PM

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