Tony Abbott

X Marks the Spot (eBook, ePUB)

(Treasure Island)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Two sixth graders are magically swept away to Treasure Island, where they must match wits with legendary pirate Long John Silver. When best friends Devin and Frankie-short for Francine-get a tough assignment in their English class, they know there's only one way to handle it. Read the book? Nah, that's for suckers. Devin and Frankie just take the novel to the library and toss it through the magic metal detector, which sucks them into the world of the book, allowing them to experience the novel firsthand. Most of the time, this works great. This time, they get marooned on Treasure Island. The moment they step into Robert Louis Stevenson's classic pirate novel, Devin and Frankie find themselves neck deep in a hunt for buried treasure along with Long John Silver and his gang of cutthroats. These two wisecracking slackers will need to avoid rocking the boat-or they may have to walk the plank. School Library Journal has called the Devin and Frankie novels "reminiscent of Mary Pope Osborne's 'Magic Tree House' series, but for an older audience." X Marks the Spot is another lively introduction to the classics for reluctant readers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Open Road Media Teen & Tween
• Seitenzahl: 139
• Altersempfehlung: ab 8 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781480486911
• Artikelnr.: 44329891

Autorenporträt

Over the last two decades, Tony Abbott has written dozens of mysteries, comics, and adventure books for young readers aged six to fourteen, with series includingDanger Guys, the Time Surfers, the Weird Zone, Underworlds, Goofballs,and the long-running fantasy seriesthe Secrets of Droon. He is also the author of the fantasy epic Kringle and the realistic novels Firegirl(winner of the 2006 Golden Kite Award for Fiction), The Postcard(winner of the 2008 Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Mystery), and Lunch-Box Dream. Among his latest novels is The Forbidden Stone,the first installment of the twelve-book sagathe Copernicus Legacy. Tony has taught on the faculty of Lesley University's MFA program in creative writing, is a frequent conference speaker and visitor to schools, and presents workshops to creative writers of all ages. His websites include www.tonyabbottbooks.com, www.thecopernicuslegacy.com, and the literary blog www.fridaybookreport.com.