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The Curse of the Bone Pirates: Nui Island Eco-logical Adventures | 
| Author: B. T. Hope
Publisher: Nui Media & Entertainment
Category: Book
List Price: $11.95
Buy Used: $7.25
You Save: $4.70 (39%)
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 120279
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Pages: 256
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.4
ISBN: 098173880X
EAN: 9780981738802
ASIN: 098173880X
Publication Date: October 1, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Excellent condition - brand new!
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Product Description
When Big B is dragged from his comfortable life and close friends in Chicago by his grandfather s mysterious affliction, he s sure he s going to have the worst summer ever. But soon after arriving in the tropical paradise of Nui Island, he is caught in a web of danger and intrigue. The Ma'ema'e reef is dying, his grandfather s brilliant mind has been infected, and creepy Island legends are coming to life. Big B and his new friends, Sam and Nalu, rely on logic, intuition, courage, and strength to unravel Nui's ancient mysteries. What they uncover will help them save the island, restore his grandfather's soul, and break the curse of the Bone Pirates. With a captivating plot, fascinating characters, and an important ecological message, Curse of the Bone Pirates will haunt and delight young readers. If you or someone you know likes action, adventure, pirates, girls with purple hair, surfing, bats and bacteria, then this book series is definitely the one for you! Curse of the Bone Pirates, the first book of the Nui Island Eco-logical Adventure Series, is like taking a virtual summer vacation on a tropical island, daring you to get caught up in its fun-filled pages. It will haunt you with the past, thrill you with the present and inspire you with your future. Cool stuff hidden between the covers of this book include: poisonous sea snakes, black gold, biomimetics, Sirius, seagull poop, how to say paradise in Polynesian, hidden volcanic caves, Shakespearean verse, the Cliff Hanger, a shell phone, bioluminescence, names to call your friends in Spanish, dinoflagellates, waste water webs, carrot toothbrushes, drinking green slime, rainbow salsa, getting worked by a wave, the Bloodlust, archeology, screm do kafle, vaporous cannonballs, katuk, an anamorphoscope, eating ants, banana-mobiles and much, mucho, more. Read it. Life may depend on it.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 Not just for kids! October 10, 2008
Ruthie Palmatier (Boise, Idaho)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I received "Curse of the Bone Pirates" yesterday in the mail as a gift for me and my son. As I was off work today I decided to take a sneak peek and found I couldn't put the book down! I'm a 43 year old swim mom who found this young reader book to be especially fun, exciting, educational and simply wonderful from start to finish. The book is simple enough for the younger reader to enjoy and understand, yet filled with such thrilling adventure, great story telling and a fun sense of humor that even parents will be delighted to read this with (or without!) children.
Big kudos to B.T. Hope for getting important ecological messages out to young readers. "Curse of the Bone Pirates" is destined to awaken the senses in children to learn more and do more in big, important and abundant ways.
Ho'omaika'i 'Ana!
Great for teaching about the environmnet/ ecology! October 9, 2008
Lauren D. Patterson (San Francisco)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I sent this book to my friend Jen who owns Literacy Lift in Miami. She has been looking for reading material to edcuate her students about ecology/ the environment. Jen wrote a glowing note back to me about how very much her students loved Curse of the Bone Pirates!
Boy tested October 8, 2008
K. Schmidt (Delray Beach, FL)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have a 12 year old boy who mostly reads graphic novels. He couldn't and wouldn't put this book down until he finished it much to our surprise and delight. He said that the plot was great and the characters where even better. We loved that he was engaged in reading something that also has an environmental message. Our 10 year son, who is an avid reader, liked the booked as well. Both boys said they will recommend it to their friends so it definitely made an impression on them.
Terrific gift from grandparents October 2, 2008
Elizabeth A. Lafferty (Santa Barbara, CA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
We have four grandchildren and this is the perfect kind of book to give them. We can read it together and/or use it as a springboard for discussions about environmental issues. It is fun and engaging as well as full of important information for their generation. I found it appropriate for the 6 year old but still interesting to the 6th grader. I'm recommending it to our friends as a holiday gift for their grandchildren.
 If you enjoy mystery books, you'll love the adventures on NUI Island October 2, 2008
E. Knobel (Windsor, Ca)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am an avid mystery book lover, and must say I throughly enjoyed this book. It was entertaining, scary, funny, and full of information regarding the environment. I liked the characters, the beautiful descriptions of the island, and the magic! Wouldn't we all want to find ourselves searching for ancient pirate bones and secret treasure? This book lets our imagination soar and enables us to lose ourselves in an exciting adventure. I can't wait to see what happens to Big B and Sam!
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