Author:Anthony McGowan
Shark Adventure is an authorised Willard Price book by award-winning author Anthony McGowan, for 8+ readers. Full of action, adventure and animals!
On a remote Polynesian island, Amazon Hunt and her cousin, Frazer, recruits of TRACKS animal protection agency, are saving rare leatherback turtles.
But an international animal smuggler wants the valuable turtles for himself. And, when a huge typhoon strikes, Amazon and Frazer face an even greater danger. Swept away into shark-infested waters, how will they save the turtles - and themselves?
'The good old-fashioned adventure romp brought up to date without losing the fun or the thrills' Independent
'A pacy read aimed at 9-12 year olds with a taste for adventure' We Love This Book
About the author:
Anthony McGowan is a multi-award-winning author of books for adults, teenagers and younger children. He has a life-long obsession with the natural world, and has travelled widely to study and observe it. He has also written feature articles and travel journalism for The Times, Guardian, Daily Telegraph, Evening Standard and Mail on Sunday.
The good old-fashioned adventure romp brought up to date without losing the fun or the thrills
—— Independent"Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.'' But reading about Mole, Ratty, Toad and Badger runs it a close second.
—— Michael MorpurgoPeople think of it as a children's book, but that's not all it is. What seared my imagination was its surrealism. The rat, the mole and badger could talk, but they could also change size: a badger could crawl down a rat hole, a toad could drive a car. At nine or 10 that fascinated me and that made a deep impression on my career
—— Terry Pratchett , Independent on SundayA book about the love of friends and the joys of existence
—— Sunday TimesI loved Toad of Toad Hall and his merry antics, especially with his motor car - poop poop!
—— Kenneth Branagh , Daily ExpressOne of our greatest classics and as true and entertaining now as it has ever been
—— Julian FellowesFor generations of English children, the gentle adventures of Mole, Rat, Badger, Toad and the other characters from The Wind In The Willows have been part of the magic of growing up
—— Daily MailIt is about magic - just the right kind of magic. It thrills me still to read it.
—— Shirley HughesSo what makes these different to any other set of classics? In a moment of inspiration Random House had the bright idea of actually asking Key stage 2 children what extra ingredients they could add to make children want to read. And does it work? Well, put it this way...my 13-year-old daughter announced that she had to read a book over the summer holiday and, without any prompting, spotted The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas...and proceeded to read it! Now, if you knew my 13-year-old daughter, you would realise that this is quite remarkable. She reads texts, blogs and tags by the thousand - but this is the first book she has read since going to high school, so all hail Vintage Classics!
—— National Association for the Teaching of EnglishIncludes plenty of splendid, vocabulary-enhancing verbs such as "streaked", "tottered" and "padded".
—— Susan Elkin , Independent on SundayMe and You is a wonderful example of the power of illustrations and how hey can play as important a role as words
—— Nursery EducationAnthony Browne offers a new perspective on an old tale
—— Jane Doonan , School Library Association
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