The Genius Files: Mission Unstoppable - Couverture rigide

Gutman, Dan

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0061827649 ISBN 13 : 9780061827648

Editeur : HarperCollins, 2011

Synopsis

The most exciting road trip in history begins! In this action-packed, New York Times bestselling adventure, twelve-year-old twins Coke and Pepsi McDonald embark on a family vacation you'll have to read to believe.

Coke McDonald and his twin sister, Pepsi, think their family’s cross-country RV vacation is nothing to get excited about...until they’re chased off a cliff, locked in a burning school, and receive mysterious messages in codes and ciphers. This funny mystery will keep you guessing as, from California to Wisconsin, it’s a race against time to find out who’s after Coke and Pep, who’s leaving the notes...and just what being a part of The Genius Files entails!

With the real-kid humor that has earned Dan Gutman millions of fans around the world, and featuring weird-but-true American tourist destinations, The Genius Files: Mission Unstoppable, The is a one-of-a-kind mix of geography and fun.

As Coke and Pep dodge nefarious villains from the Pez museum in California all the way to the Infinity Room in Wisconsin, black-and-white photographs and maps put young readers right into the action.

What happens when your family vacation turns into a top-secret mission where everyone is trying to kill you?

• Secret Agent Kids: Discover the truth about The Genius Files, a clandestine government program that recruits the smartest kids in the country for the most dangerous missions.
• Wacky Tourist Traps: Visit weird-but-true American destinations, from the Pez Museum to the mysterious House on the Rock, all while dodging diabolical villains at every turn.
• Code-Breaking Action: Decode mysterious ciphers and cryptic messages left just for the twins as they try to outsmart their relentless pursuers.
• Nonstop Laughs: Packed with the signature real-kid humor that has made Dan Gutman a bestselling author for middle grade readers around the world.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Dan Gutman is the New York Times bestselling author of the Genius Files series; the Baseball Card Adventure series, which has sold more than 2 million copies around the world; and the My Weird School series, which has sold more than 37 million copies. Thanks to his many fans who voted in their classrooms, Dan has received nineteen state book awards and ninety-two state book award nominations. He lives in New York City with his wife. You can visit him online at dangutman.com.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

In eight days, Coke and Pepsi McDonald are going to turn thirteen.

Before then, they'll jump off a cliff, get trapped in the locked basement of their burning school, chased cross-country by murderous lunatics, left for dead in the pit of a sand dune, forced to decipher mysterious coded messages, thrown into a giant vat of SPAM, and visit the world's largest . . . ball of twine!

There's more, but if we told you here, we'd have to kill you.

Megapopular author Dan Gutman brings on the excitement with an action-packed new series that's nothing short of dynamite. Join Coke and Pep on their quest to uncover just what it means to be part of The Genius Files . . . if you dare!

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: HarperCollins
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0061827649
• ISBN 13: 9780061827648
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: HarperCollins Publishers Ireland; enquiries@harpercollins.ie; ; Mayor Street Upper 39/40; Dublin; D01 C9W8; Irlande