Bestselling and award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes
reimagines the classic novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis
Stevenson in this thrilling adventure set in modern-day Manhattan,
in which three children must navigate the city's hidden history,
dodge a threatening crew of skater kids, and decide who they can
really trust in order to hunt down a long-buried treasure. Three
kids. One dog. And the island of Manhattan, laid out in an old
treasure map. Zane is itching for an adventure that will take him
away from his family's boarding house in Rockaway, Queens. So when
he is entrusted with a real treasure map, leading to a spot
somewhere in Manhattan, Zane wastes no time in riding the ferry
over to the city to start the search with his friends Kiko and Jack
and his dog, Hip-Hop. Through strange coincidence, they meet a man
who is eager to help them find the treasure: John, a sailor who
knows all about the buried history of Black New Yorkers of
centuries past--and the gold that is hidden somewhere in those
stories. As a vicious rival skateboard crew follows them around the
city, Zane and his friends begin to wonder who they can really
trust. And soon it becomes clear that treasure hunting is a
dangerous business... Jewell Parker Rhodes has written a version of
Treasure Island like none you've never seen--one that takes the
reader through little-known Black history, and under the city of
Manhattan itself.
General
| Imprint: |
Collins
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
October 2023 |
| Authors: |
Jewell Parker Rhodes
|
| Dimensions: |
210 x 140mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
336 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-06-299835-4 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
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| LSN: |
0-06-299835-8 |
| Barcode: |
9780062998354 |
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