Synopses & Reviews
It is a land of wonders. It is a land of mystery. It is a land that time forgot (or chose specifically not to remember). Cut off from the civilized world for untold years by prohibitive interstate tolls at the New Jersey border, this land is called: Delaware. It is into the mist-shrouded heart of this forbidden mountainous realm that our plucky and intrepid heroes Jasper Dash: Boy Technonaut, and his friends Lily Gefelty and Katie Mulligan, must journey to unravel a terrible mystery.
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*"The invention never flags."--Booklist, starred review.
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"Metafiction at its most weirdly satisfying...Extremely funny, it's for adults, who will get at least half the references, and for children, who will get the other half. Cyrus's illustrations are integral and pretty darn amusing too."--Kirkus Reviews
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"Anderson never takes his tongue out of his cheek in this uproariously entertaining combination of Indiana Jones, the Stratemeyer syndicate, and MADtv...Sly jabs at the overused tropes and cliched conventions of the action genre will surely be appreciated by the more sophisticated reader, and there is enoguh slapstick humor here to go around for those with less ironic tastes; any youngster looking for a laugh and an adventure will not be disappointed."--The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
Synopsis
"The invention never flags." --Booklist (starred review) In this third weird and wacky installment of National Book Award winner M. T. Anderson's Pals in Peril series, Jasper Dash and his friends must unravel a terrible mystery.
It is a land of wonders. It is a land of mystery. It is a land that time forgot (or chose specifically not to remember). Cut off from the civilized world for untold years by prohibitive interstate tolls at the New Jersey border, this land is called: Delaware. It is into the mist-shrouded heart of this forbidden mountainous realm that our plucky and intrepid heroes, Jasper Dash: Boy Technonaut, and his friends Lily Gefelty and Katie Mulligan, must journey to solve yet another a mystery. Come along on a tale of grand adventure that includes in its pages: Lost cities Tentacles Monks Dinosaurs Cheap suits Eye Doctors And, of course, the fabled Curse of the Jaguar
About the Author
M.T. Anderson is the author of the Pals in Peril series; andlt;iandgt;The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothingandlt;/iandgt;, which won the National Book Award; andlt;iandgt;The Game of Sunken Placesandlt;/iandgt;; andlt;iandgt;Burger Wussandlt;/iandgt;; andlt;iandgt;Thirstyandlt;/iandgt;; and andlt;iandgt;Feedandlt;/iandgt;, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, a andlt;iandgt;Boston Globe-Horn Bookandlt;/iandgt; Honor Book, and the winner of the andlt;iandgt;Los Angeles Timesandlt;/iandgt; Book Award for Young Adults. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts. Visit him at MT-Anderson.com.Kurt Cyrus has illustrated numerousandnbsp;acclaimed picture books celebrating the natural world, including andlt;iandgt;Mammoths on the Moveandlt;/iandgt; by Lisa Wheeler and his own andlt;iandgt;Tadpole Rexandlt;/iandgt; and andlt;iandgt;Turtle Rexandlt;/iandgt;. Kurt lives with his wife inandnbsp;McMinnville, Oregon. Visit him at KurtCyrus.com.