Summary
‘No use fooling yourself. The sharks got him.’
Hal and Roger Hunt are hoping to have a whale of a time when they agree to join the crew of a whaling ship. But as they begin working for the evil Captain Grindle, face dangerous battles with sharks, and then find themselves shipwrecked, the boys realise they’re about to have a much bigger adventure than they bargained for.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781782950189 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1782950184 |
| Author: | Willard Price |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Imprint: | Red Fox |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2013 |
| Weight: | 191g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 129mm x 198mm |
| Audience Age: | 9-11 |
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Critics Review
Willard Price makes the pulse-rate soar
These are the books that got me reading – Anthony Horowitz
Price knew all the right buttons to press to excite a young reader - exotic locations, nasty villains, wild animals and lashings of peril – David Barnett * Guardian *
Willard Price makes the pulse-rate soar * Independent *
Willard Price
Willard Price was born in 1887 in Peterborough, Ontario. He held a special interest for natural history, ethnology and exploration and made numerous expeditions for the American Museum of Natural History and the National Geographic Society. He went on to edit various magazines on travel and world affairs and spent six years working in Japan as foreign correspondent for New York and London newspapers. He wrote fourteen adventure stories featuring Hal and Roger Hunt and travelled in seventy-seven countries before his death in 1983.
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