No one knows the full story of Charlie Small. At least, not yet. His battered journal was found washed up on a remote, windswept shore. And at first we thought it an elaborate hoax. Surely no 8-year-old could have had so many wild adventures, witnessed so many extraordinary things, lived such an incredible life–and still only be eight. And yet . . . there was something so vivid in the telling that we were persuaded to send the journal and some of its boggling content for analysis. And only one conclusion could be drawn. Everything in the journal of Charlie Small is true! In his first adventure, Gorilla City, Charlie wrestles a deadly river croc, rides a steam-powered rhino, and becomes tribal chief in a city of gorillas.
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Gorilla City (Charlie Small #1)
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Release Date
January 08, 2008
ISBN
037584970X
No one knows the full story of Charlie Small. At least, not yet. His battered journal was found washed up on a remote, windswept shore. And at first we thought it an elaborate hoax. Surely no 8-year-old could have had so many wild adventures, witnessed so many extraordinary things, lived such an incredible life–and still only be eight. And yet . . . there was something so vivid in the telling that we were persuaded to send the journal and some of its boggling content for analysis. And only one conclusion could be drawn. Everything in the journal of Charlie Small is true! In his first adventure, Gorilla City, Charlie wrestles a deadly river croc, rides a steam-powered rhino, and becomes tribal chief in a city of gorillas.
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Reader reviewed by Julie M. Prince
For a journal that has just washed up on the shores of England, I find this book to be in remarkably good shape.
The tattered and worn pages reveal an amazing adventure, illustrated by the hand of its 8-year-old (or is he really 400?)storytelling owner, Charlie Small.
Accounts of crocodile wrestling, rhino taming, and gorilla-speaking abound. Follow Charlie through the wild jungle as he desperately tries to find his way home, and without a signal on his mobile phone!
"The Amazing, Astonishing, Incredible, and TRUE Adventures" of Charlie Small may be a tad exaggerated, but they're certainly creative and entertaining.
With no expectations, this makes for a nice afternoon read. More books (washed up on the same shore, I presume) to follow in the series promise new adventures.
For a journal that has just washed up on the shores of England, I find this book to be in remarkably good shape.
The tattered and worn pages reveal an amazing adventure, illustrated by the hand of its 8-year-old (or is he really 400?)storytelling owner, Charlie Small.
Accounts of crocodile wrestling, rhino taming, and gorilla-speaking abound. Follow Charlie through the wild jungle as he desperately tries to find his way home, and without a signal on his mobile phone!
"The Amazing, Astonishing, Incredible, and TRUE Adventures" of Charlie Small may be a tad exaggerated, but they're certainly creative and entertaining.
With no expectations, this makes for a nice afternoon read. More books (washed up on the same shore, I presume) to follow in the series promise new adventures.
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