Download or read book Those Snake Island Kids written by Jon Tucker and published by Storm Bay Books. This book was released on 2018-07-01 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Jake succeeds in persuading his family to embark on a sailing-camping holiday on a Tasmanian island, he is mostly interested in pirate fantasies and his home-built Optimist dinghy. But he does not plan on the events which are to leave him alone with his brother and sister. The children’s idealistic notions are challenged by several less-than-friendly visitors who introduce some serious concerns. Ultimately, after being forced to dig deep into their personal reserves, the treasures they all gain from their experiences are rather different from the ones Jake has set out to find.
Download or read book The Curse of Snake Island 1 written by Brian James and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-04-19 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The pirate ship’s first mate, Rotten Tooth, sees Pete and his friends more as an annoyance than pirates in training. As the ship heads toward Snake Island, Pete has an idea to earn some respect—if the kids can find the hidden treasure before the grown-ups, then they’ll have to be taken seriously! Only one problem: The treasure is guarded by a giant snake that curses anyone who looks in its eyes. Can the pirate kids find the treasure, earn the pirates’ respect, and escape certain death?
Download or read book Those Seal Rock Kids written by Jon Tucker and published by Storm Bay Books. This book was released on 2020-08 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a group of young Australian and Kiwi sailing friends are allowed to camp in New Zealand’s Bay of Islands. they are joined by two local Maori kids who bring fresh insights into environmental and cultural issues.
Download or read book Those Sugar Barge Kids written by Jon Tucker and published by Storm bay Books. This book was released on 2018-10-01 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When three Tasmanian children try chasing a couple of home-alone kids who live on an old barge in New Zealand’s Bay of Islands, they soon find themselves heavily involved in a conflict with one of the local oyster-farmers. The outcome is a triumph of lateral thinking, and a signal to youngsters that it is possible to bring about positive change in the world. A fast-paced boating adventure which brings the Ransome genre squarely into the 21st century and promises to capture the imagination of even the most reluctant young reader.
Download or read book Those Shipwreck Kids written by Jon Tucker and published by Storm Bay Books. This book was released on 2017-10-01 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a Tasmanian sailing family anchors near an old wrecked hulk in New Zealand, the kids discover an abandoned campsite nearby, with plates of uneaten food and young children’s toys still visible under the mould. Their investigation adds a layer of intrigue to their anticipated fun-filled experiences in an unfamiliar foreign land.
Download or read book Those Eco Pirate Kids written by Jon Tucker and published by Storm bay Books. This book was released on 2016-07-01 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fin loves fishing, and always puts the little ones back, so when he discovers an illegal net full of undersized fish in Sydney's northern waterways he is so angry that he empties it. The subsequent events turn a fun family boating holiday into a much more complex adventure. Those Eco-Pirate Kids was a finalist for Australia's coveted Environment Award for Children's Literature in 2015.
Download or read book Banished to Snake Island written by Kent LeFevre and published by . This book was released on 2017-03-01 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Billy, Sam and other kids are captured by a colony of snakes after they were banished from the house. After a sudden turn of events, Billy becomes the King of Snake Island.This book teaches that it's OK to stand up to Bullies. They might later become your best friends.
Download or read book Well Intentioned Advice written by Jon Tucker and published by Jon Tucker. This book was released on 2023-09-15 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this truly remarkable collection of maritime tales, Jon Tucker brings humour and insight into the lifestyle which he and his red-haired bride began, as teenagers, when they set out to build the traditional ocean-going ketch that was to become their home for decades (along with their expanding family of five adventurous sons).
Download or read book The Curse of Snake Island written by Brian James and published by . This book was released on 2008-08-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the Sea Rat heads toward Snake Island to find treasure, Pete has an idea. The pirate kids can prove what good pirates they are by uncovering the loot before the grown-ups! Includes grey-scale illustrations. Chapter Book: 9 chapters.
Download or read book Snow Petrel written by Jon Tucker and published by Storm Bay Books. This book was released on 2018-07-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book about a voyage. Not just any trip across any ocean, but a battle against the Southern Ocean, the Antarctic pack ice and the fury of hurricane force blizzards. When Ben Tucker set off from Tasmania in his small home-built steel yacht, he set himself a tentative goal of reaching mainland East Antarctica. As crew he had his youngest brother and the last minute inclusion of his father as cabin-boy (on a promise of good behaviour). The destination was the remote Cape Denison – statistically the windiest place on the planet. More than a travel tale, this is the introspective journey of a father who has consciously surrendered responsibility to his children. Woven through the passage is an inter-generational theme, humour and a recognition of shared adulthood with a link between past, present and future.
Download or read book Those Shipwreck Kids written by Jon Tucker and published by Those Kids. This book was released on 2017-04 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thought-provoking Ransome-inspired tale with strong appeal to adventure-loving readers in the nine to ninety-nine age bracket. Underlying its clear environmental theme is the conclusion that freedom and responsibility go hand in hand. When a Tasmanian sailing family anchors near an old wrecked hulk in New Zealand's Mar-lborough Sounds, the kids discover a strangely abandoned campsite nearby, with plates of uneaten food and children's toys still visible under the cockroaches and mould. Their curiosity leads to an investigation which adds a layer of intrigue to their much-anticipated fun experiences of an unfamiliar foreign land. The Those Kids series is a linked set of stand-alone books following the camping/sailing adventures of some young Australians and Kiwis as they cope with unexpected challenges whilst learning about contemporary environmental issues along the way.
Download or read book Orphan Island written by Laurel Snyder and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2017-05-30 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A National Book Award Longlist title! "A wondrous book, wise and wild and deeply true." —Kelly Barnhill, Newbery Medal-winning author of The Girl Who Drank the Moon "This is one of those books that haunts you long after you read it. Thought-provoking and magical." —Rick Riordan, author of the Percy Jackson series In the tradition of modern-day classics like Sara Pennypacker's Pax and Lois Lowry's The Giver comes a deep, compelling, heartbreaking, and completely one-of-a-kind novel about nine children who live on a mysterious island. On the island, everything is perfect. The sun rises in a sky filled with dancing shapes; the wind, water, and trees shelter and protect those who live there; when the nine children go to sleep in their cabins, it is with full stomachs and joy in their hearts. And only one thing ever changes: on that day, each year, when a boat appears from the mist upon the ocean carrying one young child to join them—and taking the eldest one away, never to be seen again. Today’s Changing is no different. The boat arrives, taking away Jinny’s best friend, Deen, replacing him with a new little girl named Ess, and leaving Jinny as the new Elder. Jinny knows her responsibility now—to teach Ess everything she needs to know about the island, to keep things as they’ve always been. But will she be ready for the inevitable day when the boat will come back—and take her away forever from the only home she’s known? "A unique and compelling story about nine children who live with no adults on a mysterious island. Anyone who has ever been scared of leaving their family will love this book" (from the Brightly.com review, which named Orphan Island a best book of 2017).
Download or read book Bad Island written by and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2011 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a family takes a boating trip, the last thing they expect is to be shipwrecked on an island-especially an island with weird, otherworldly plants and animals. Now, what started out as a bad vacation turns into a terrible one as Lyle, Karen, and their two kids, Janie and Reese, must find a way off the island while they dodge its strange and dangerous inhabitants. Is the island alive? Is it from another world? In this rousing, Swiss-Family-Robinson tale with a twist, the answers to these questions could save them... or spell their doom.
Download or read book Snake Island written by Ben Hobson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-10-20 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For fans of Cormac McCarthy, Phillip Meyer, Fargo, and Justified, a gritty rural noir thriller about family, drugs, and the legacy of violence. In an isolated town on the coast of southern Australia, Vernon Moore and his wife, Penelope, live in retirement, haunted by an unspeakable act of violence that sent their son, Caleb, to serve time in prison and has driven the couple apart. Ashamed, they refuse to talk about him or visit, but when a close friend warns Vernon that Caleb has been savagely beaten, he has no choice but to act to protect their only child. The perpetrator of the beating is a local thug from a crime family whose patriarch holds sway over the town, with the police in his pay. Everyone knows they trade in drugs. When Vernon maneuvers to negotiate a deal with the father, he makes a critical error. His mistake unleashes a cycle of violence that escalates to engulf the whole town, taking lives with it, revealing what has been hiding in plain sight in this picturesque rural community and threatening to overtake his son. Told from shifting perspectives at a sprint, in language that sometimes approaches the simple profundity of parable, this gritty debut was hailed on its Australian publication as “a darkly illuminating thriller that soars across genre constraints . . . [and] engages with pressing contemporary issues while exploring timeless questions. Hobson writes as if his life depends on it” (The Australian).
Download or read book National Geographic Readers Snakes written by Melissa Stewart and published by National Geographic Society. This book was released on 2011-07-05 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They’re SSSSLITHERY! SLIPPERY! They creep us out! But get to know them and you’ll find snakes private, quiet types who just want a cool, shady place to call home. From the tip of their forked tongues, to skin that sheds, to the rattles on certain tails, these creatures have secrets all kids will love. Cool photos and fun facts slip us inside their surprising world. National Geographic supports K-12 educators with ELA Common Core Resources. Visit www.natgeoed.org/commoncore for more information.
Download or read book Islands and Snakes written by Marcio Martins and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023-11-24 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this follow-up to Islands and Snakes, this book contains 15 chapters describing diversity and conservation of snakes on islands, with foci on selected island systems not previously summarized. Attendant topics include biogeography, plasticity and evolutionary responses to insular conditions, invasive species, importance and collapse of trophic systems, threats to insular snake populations, and strategies of conservation to save them. Chapters include descriptions of snake faunas on larger islands such as Borneo and New Guinea; reproductive biology of insular snakes; phenotypic evolution; physiology and growth patterns related to diet and environment; patterns of endemism; taxonomy of snake radiations; and history of invasions by snakes on islands. The final chapter presents a discussion of prospects and overview of conservation of snakes on islands. Chapters are contributed by international authorities on respective island-and-snake systems. The latter include some islands or archipelagos that are young, or of high importance, or support snake populations that were previously not well known. The content includes colourful photographs, informative illustrations, and in some cases synthesis of new data relevant to the importance of islands for understanding the ecological underpinnings and genesis of biodiversity. Each chapter is appropriately referenced with citations to scientific literature, and where useful, footnotes, tables and graphic information supporting the narrative of the respective subject matter. The overall presentation is intended to provide readers with an enhanced appreciation for islands and the spectacular snakes that might live there.
Download or read book Dr Franklin s Island written by Ann Halam and published by Orion Children's Books. This book was released on 2010-12-30 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What's it like to see your friend transformed into a raven before your very eyes, and to know it's your turn next? How does it feel to morph into a manta ray or slide into the body of a snake? This is what happens to Miranda, Semi and Arnie, three friends who are the sole survivors of a plane crash. They find themselves on a tropical island of azure waters and white sands. But beyond the palm-fringed beaches lies the hospital run by the sinister Dr Franklin, and the three teenagers are about to become his next patients. Perfect candidates for his experiments in genetic engineering. . . A horrifying, fascinating story that is Ann Halam's most unusual and challenging novel so far.
