Treasure in Tahiti by Connie Lee Berry
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- Age Range: 7 to 9
- Pub. Date: April 2007
- 87pp
- Sales Rank: 445,017
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: April 2007
- Publisher: Kid's Fun Press
- Format: Paperback, 87pp
- Sales Rank: 445,017
- Age Range: 7 to 9
- Series: Incredible Journey Books
- ISBN-13: 9780977284818
- ISBN: 0977284816
Synopsis
Max and Sam journey to Tahiti, where they have to outsmart a mean old man to solve a 100-year-old mystery. As the children gather clues, they learn about the geography of this paradise, the plants that grow there, and the creatures who live there. With laughs and frights along the way, Max and Sam have crazy adventures and ultimately become celebrated heroes. About the Incredible Journey Books series:This new chapter book series combines fast-paced adventures that will make the heart race one minute and have readers giggling out loud the next. Informative fact sheets bracketing the beginning and end of the story relay key statistics on the locale, such as the population, location, size, language, currency, and all sorts of trivia about the land.
Biography
Connie Lee Berry is a school-systems volunteer. She lives in Tampa, Florida.
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Reviewed by Grandma Bev for TeensReadToo.comby TeensReadToo
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November 18, 2008:
Max and Sam learn that Mr. Stone is being sent to the exotic island of Tahiti for work, and they accompany him in this new INCREDIBLE JOURNEY adventure. It's a last-minute dash to get ready and to the airport in time for their flight. Everything seems to delay them, but they finally board the plane.
They are ushered to a small, rickety hut; no fancy hotel like they had in the Caymans. However, the hut does have a beach and the ocean in the backyard. Though Mom is less than excited about the prospect, camping in paradise might be fun...
When the boys find a jar buried beneath the floor of the hut containing what appears to be an old treasure map, dated 1904, the adventure begins. Mr. Stone agrees to take the boys to a nearby island by canoe, where they come across signs that warn them off the island. The signs seem to be very old. Then Max and Sam remember rumors that the bounty from a bank robbery many years ago was hidden on an island.
Could the treasure map lead them to this cache of stolen money? Their interest piqued, the boys decide to explore the island and they find more trouble than they bargained for. They aren't the only ones looking for the loot, and the guy that confronts them on the island is out to make sure that they don't tell anyone about him.
Connie Lee Berry continues the exciting series with compelling characters, fast action, and lots of laughs. The illustrations add visual impact to the story, and Berry includes historical items and interesting facts about the location, cool science projects, and a poem in the back of the book.
Watch for upcoming INCREDIBLE JOURNEY books, ADVENTURE IN AFRICA and PIRATES IN PARADISE, available in October 2007.
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March 12, 2008: Treasure in Tahiti by Connie Lee Berry is the second book of the Incredible Journey series. In the first book, we met the Stone family and the Incredible Journey map. A `W? had mysteriously appeared on the map beside the Cayman Islands, where book one?s adventure was. This adventure takes place in the summer when Mr. Stone has to go to Tahiti for a week long business trip and decides to take the family along. The plan is a family vacation for the first week, and then Mr. Stone will stay for his business week. Since this was a last minute decision, all had to pack up and leave the next morning. After a long flight to Tahiti and a scary taxi cab ride up a winding mountainous road, the family discovers their vacation cabin has only 3 walls, along with a fire pit, jugs of water and soda, a box of can goods, four cots, and a big mosquito net. The view of the ocean, the private beach, the lush, green forest, and gorgeous sunsets makes up for the hardship. As in the first book, there is a fact sheet on the Tahiti Islands. Also the science page is how sand filters water and how to make your own sand water filter. Something I didn?t know. The island adventure starts with ocean fishing, and after catching a small shark we see the Stone family males are not outdoorsmen. Next, Max finds a sealed jar under a floorboard and it contains a map, a treasure map. The treasure is on a small island near by, protected by warnings and a hermit. After solving the puzzling landmarks, the boys found the treasure, which were bonds and gold coins from a bank robbery in 1904. Their reward was a write up in the local newspaper and the vacation hut and land. This is a good read for the grade school group. There is plenty of fun and adventure with a bit of mystery and pictures and illustrations highlighting the ten chapters. The mysterious map now has an `I? that appeared beside Tahiti. What does this mean? We?ll have to read to whole series to find out.
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