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Devil's Breath Volcano (Macgregor Family Adventure Series)
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Devil's Breath Volcano (Macgregor Family Adventure Series)
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by Richard Trout
Sales Rank : 291996
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Hardcover: 224 pages
Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company April 2008
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1589805585
ISBN-13: 978-1589805583
Product Dimensions:
8.7 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 15.4 ounces
Product Description
In this sixth installment in the MacGregor Family Adventure Series for middle and young adult readers, the MacGregor family heads to the warm waters of the South Pacific where danger lurks beneath the waves. When the MacGregor siblings stumble upon a hidden safe while scuba diving, they're excited about the possibility of treasure. But soon their fun turns into another adventure of danger and intrigue when they discover a deadly and dangerous connection between the safe, a toxic underwater leak, and an illegal gold-mining operation. Tongues of Fire continues the series tradition of combining globetrotting action adventure suspense with environmental science.
Publisher Description
When marine biologist Dr. Randy Heath contacts his old friend Jack MacGregor to investigate dangerous pollution in a pearl bed, the adventurous MacGregor family travels to the South Pacific to solve the mystery. With his younger siblings, Heather and R. O., and his girlfriend, Natalie, eighteen-year-old Chris MacGregor discovers a dangerous link between a toxic underwater leak and an illegal gold-mining operation.
Now, Chris and his family must journey from the aquatic splendor of the South Pacific to the dangerous rainforests of New Guinea in order to stop the deadly pollution from destroying the pearl beds. Filled with facts about history and science, book six in the MacGregor Family Adventure Series is a thrilling quest for middle readers as Chris and his family must struggle against time to stop the criminals harming the environment and threatening the MacGregor clan!
The MacGregor Family Adventure Series has received praise from School Library Journal for featuring "a strong family unit with realistic sibling rivalry and respect for parents." Reviewers, teachers, librarians, and young readers have praised the series' sensitivity to other cultures and its balanced view of environmental issues as well as the research and attention to detail regarding foreign landscapes, technology, and sociopolitical issues. The books have also been used to encourage reluctant readers due to Trout's fast-paced writing and his signature inclusion of scenes depicting outdoor adventure sports like scuba diving, whitewater rafting, and rock climbing as well as refreshingly realistic teenage dialogue.
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