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Underwater Adventure

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Underwater Adventure

Contributors:

By (Author) Willard Price

ISBN:

9781849417457

Publisher:

Penguin Random House Children's UK

Imprint:

Red Fox

Publication Date:

3rd September 2012

UK Publication Date:

5th July 2012

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

Children

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Fiction

Dewey:

813.52

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

288

Dimensions:

Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 18mm

Weight:

202g

Description

A reissue of Willard Price's classic adventure series set in the animal kingdom 'Never trust sharks . . .' Hal and Roger Hunt dive into danger when they join the Oceanographic institute as part of an underwater operation in the South Seas. And it's sink or swim for the intrepid brothers when their aquatic adventures bring them face to face with a foe even more deadly than the sea creatures of the deep . . .

Reviews

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 *

Author Bio

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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