AUTHOR: James Phelan (Aust)
PUBLISHED: 2013
SERIES: Treasure Hunters
FIRST BOOK: Treasure Hunters
PLOT:
The Kidd siblings have grown up diving down to shipwrecks and traveling the world, helping their famous parents recover everything from swords to gold doubloons from the bottom of the ocean. But after their parents disappear n the job, the kids are suddenly thrust into the biggest treasure hunt of their lives. They'll have to work together to defeat dangerous pirates and dodge the hot pursuit of an evil treasure hunting rival, all while following the cryptic clues left by their father to find a treasure which may hold the secret to their mother's disappearance.
REVIEW:
This book is hits the target age with humour, adventure, skilled and intelligent kids outwitting adults, families sticking together, pirates, treasure, mystery, and bad guys.
It lacks substance (certainly no where near the sophistication of Harry Potter), and the plot is very unrealistic - the children are quite ok with the disappearance of both parents, every crisis is resolved within the chapter and a new one crops up in the next (which is also expeditiously and over-simply solved). However, it is exactly these elements that make for such fun and light reading for children.
Some of the humour might go over some kids' heads, but it will still be a good read for both boys and girls. Illustrations will keep the interest of some reluctant readers. It is a book for children who are looking for something quick and easy.
Could be a class read-aloud with 3-5th graders.
AGE: 8-12
GENRE: Realistic fiction with a dash of fantasy
RATING: 3 1/2 stars
PUBLISHED: 2013
SERIES: Treasure Hunters
FIRST BOOK: Treasure Hunters
PLOT:
The Kidd siblings have grown up diving down to shipwrecks and traveling the world, helping their famous parents recover everything from swords to gold doubloons from the bottom of the ocean. But after their parents disappear n the job, the kids are suddenly thrust into the biggest treasure hunt of their lives. They'll have to work together to defeat dangerous pirates and dodge the hot pursuit of an evil treasure hunting rival, all while following the cryptic clues left by their father to find a treasure which may hold the secret to their mother's disappearance.
REVIEW:
This book is hits the target age with humour, adventure, skilled and intelligent kids outwitting adults, families sticking together, pirates, treasure, mystery, and bad guys.
It lacks substance (certainly no where near the sophistication of Harry Potter), and the plot is very unrealistic - the children are quite ok with the disappearance of both parents, every crisis is resolved within the chapter and a new one crops up in the next (which is also expeditiously and over-simply solved). However, it is exactly these elements that make for such fun and light reading for children.
Some of the humour might go over some kids' heads, but it will still be a good read for both boys and girls. Illustrations will keep the interest of some reluctant readers. It is a book for children who are looking for something quick and easy.
Could be a class read-aloud with 3-5th graders.
AGE: 8-12
GENRE: Realistic fiction with a dash of fantasy
RATING: 3 1/2 stars
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