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Action Adventure
Age Group_Ages 9-11
Age Group_Ages 9-11
Author_Eirlys Hunter
Author_Kirsten Slade
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Product details
- ISBN 9781776572038
- Weight: 270g
- Dimensions: 130 x 200mm
- Publication Date: 01 Jul 2018
- Publisher: Gecko Press
- Publication City/Country: NZ
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
- Age Group: Ages 9-11
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Five children find a route through the wilderness in this exciting mountain-race adventure for middle grade readers.
Sal, Joe, Francie and Humphrey misplace their famous mapmaker mother as they begin the Great Race to map a rail route through an uncharted wilderness. Their father didn't return from his last expedition and now their money is gone. This race is their last chance.
They have 28 days to find and map the best route. There'll be bears, bees, bats, river crossings, cliff falls, impossible weather—but worst of all, they're racing five teams of adults who do not play by the rules.
Eirlys Hunter teaches children's writing at the IIML at Victoria University in Wellington. She has written six previous children's books as well as a novel and short stories for adults.
As an illustrator, writer and creator of comics, Kirsten Slade uses a variety of traditional and digital media techniques to tell her own and others' stories. Born in Liverpool, England and an immigrant three times over, Kirsten now makes her home in Wellington, New Zealand. She has a BA in Printmaking from American University in Washington, DC.
