Edition |
First paperback edition |
Descript |
340 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
Series |
The doldrums ; bk. 1
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Note |
"Book 1"-- Spine |
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Archer B. Helmsley wants an adventure. No, he needs an adventure. His grandparents were famous explorers . . . until they got stuck on an iceberg. Now Archer's mother barely lets him out of the house. As if that would stop a true Helmsley. Archer enlists Adelaide, the girl who, according to rumor, lost her leg to a crocodile, and Oliver, the boy next door, to help him rescue his grandparents. The Doldrums whisks us off on an adventure full of sly humor, incredible detail, and enormous heart |
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Archer B. Helmsley wants an adventure. No, he needs an adventure. His grandparents were famous explorers . . . until they got stuck on an iceberg. Now Archer's mother barely lets him out of the house. As if that would stop a true Helmsley. Archer enlists Adelaide, the girl who, according to rumor, lost her leg to a crocodile, and Oliver, the boy next door, to help him rescue his grandparents. The Doldrums whisks us off on an adventure full of sly humor, incredible detail, and enormous heart |
Subject |
Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Juvenile fiction
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Search and rescue operations -- Juvenile fiction
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Parental overprotection -- Juvenile fiction
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Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
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Explorers -- Juvenile fiction
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Grandparents -- Juvenile fiction
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Eccentrics and eccentricities.
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Explorers.
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Friendship.
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Grandparents.
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Parental overprotection.
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Search and rescue operations.
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Fiction.
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Juvenile works.
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Ungdomsböcker
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Barn- och ungdomslitteratur
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Classmark |
[Fic]
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ISBN/ISSN |
0062320955 (paperback) |
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9780062320957 (paperback) |
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