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Josh Lacey

Autore di Island of Thieves

44 opere 963 membri 16 recensioni

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Comprende il nome: Joshua Doder

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Opere di Josh Lacey

Island of Thieves (2011) 139 copie
A dog called Grk (2005) 113 copie
The Pet Potato (2022) 19 copie
Bearkeeper (2008) 11 copie
God is Brazilian (2005) 5 copie
Grk jagt die blaue Ratte (2011) 1 copia
Dragonsitter Trouble (2015) 1 copia

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After the funeral of Tom Trelawney's grandfather, a man named Marko breaks in and threatens Tom, demanding the location of valuable documents hidden in his grandfather's home. Tom tricks Marko and finds the documents himself. They turn out to be letters from his great, great, great, etc... grandfather to his wife detailing his theft of a golden, jewel encrusted tiger he hid in India. Tom calls his Uncle Harvey, who he knows will help, and sneaks out to meet him. Together they head for India to find the tiger and embark on another exciting adventure together.

The Sultan's Tigers is a thrilling romp that should appeal to reluctant readers in the middle grades. Tom is an incorrigible character, in that he rarely considers the consequences of his actions and is very disrespectful to his parents, but these are the very traits that get him involved in so many dangerous, electrifying situations. Uncle Harvey is an older version of Tom with just a little bit less of a conscience. Together they make a formidable team as they search India for stolen treasure. Overall, The Sultan's Tigers is another enjoyable episode in the Tom Trelawney series.
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ftbooklover | Oct 12, 2021 |
Tom's parents are about to take their first trip alone since his older sister was born. Originally, Tom was going to spend the week with his friend, but once Tom burned down the shed in the backyard, none of Tom's neighbors want him to stay with them. Desperately, Tom's father calls his brother, Harvey to watch Tom for the week, even though Tom barely knows him. After his parents leave, Harvey takes Tom with him on an unannounced trip to Peru where he uses clues from a previous trip to look for buried pirate treasure. What starts out as a simple trip, turns very dangerous, very quickly.

The biggest strength of Island of Thieves is the search for clues and the puzzles those clues create. Although Tom does grow as a person through the story, his uncle and the other characters remain fairly static and seem rather one dimensional. Overall this is fast paced story with lots of action and adventure that would be an excellent choice for reluctant middle grade readers.
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ftbooklover | 3 altre recensioni | Oct 12, 2021 |
Mystery for middle-aged children

Grk, the dog, leads his owner to clues that further solve the case.

Boys enjoyed it.

The boy did not obey, disregarded his parents instructions, deceived his parents and excused his actions. Not actions that I would endorsed.
 
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Sonya.Contreras | 2 altre recensioni | May 21, 2017 |
In this book, Eddie and his family take in his uncle's dragon while Uncle Morton is on vacation. They lose the instructions and the dragon is unruly and damages things. Eddie continues to try and contact Uncle Morton via email, and after many, many attempts, finally hears back. This book takes the format of emails. Each "chapter" is an email written by either Eddie or Uncle Morton.
This book is a good example of fantasy because there is a mythical creature present in the story. In this story, there is a dragon, and since dragons do not exist, this becomes an element of fantasy. This is the only element that makes the book a fantasy book. Of course, the dragon does things that are typically associated with dragons, but the dragon does not talk, keeping his presence similar to that of an animal. However, since this animal is mythical and does not exist, this book is a fantasy book.
Media: pencil
Age Appropriateness: 2nd-4th
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khofer15 | 2 altre recensioni | Mar 13, 2017 |

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44
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963
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3.8
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16
ISBN
204
Lingue
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