Very nice book read it many times. Everyone should read this book because it is very good. From this book I came to read about demigods and as I'm a fan of Riordan books. This book is about adventures of Percy Jackson son of posiedon. I may just give this advice that everyone should read this book.

author: Caperucita Roja language: Spanish studio: chronicle book length: 32 publisher:chronicle book published on 01-jul-1999 this book was very interesting while reading thank u ihavereadthebook.com this book was about a small kitten nice book and i have got moral ideas and thougths \

This book is set in Scotland and certainly has a Scottish feel to it, with its mountains, castles and golden eagles, though the country is not specified until The Mountain of Adventure, when Jack recalls observing an eagles' nest at a castle in Scotland. It is the Easter holidays and Jack, Philip, Dinah and Lucy-Ann are on holiday with Mrs Mannering at Spring Cottage, which is set on a hill below a castle. Out on the hillside they meet Tassie, a local girl who lives in a tumble-down cottage with her mother and is allowed to run wild. Tassie cannot read or write but has a deep knowledge of animals and the countryside. She is excellent at climbing, sure-footed and has a good sense of direction, relying on her instincts to guide her: "She was more like a very intelligent animal than a little girl." Indeed, with her bare feet, ragged frock and amazing agility she seems to be a part of the wild landscape around her — rather like a sprite or a wood-nymph. Perhaps because he too has a rapport with animals, she latches on to Philip and even brings him a fox-cub, which he names Button. The children's happiness is complete when they discover that Bill Smugs is on a job in the area and plans to visit them soon. Jack and the others are determined to explore the castle on the hill, despite the fact that the road to it has been destroyed by a landslide and is treacherous. Tassie shows them how to climb up the cliff behind the castle and put a plank across from a ledge to one of the slit-like windows so that they can get inside. The castle is "musty, dusty, fusty," as Kiki loves to say, but Jack nevertheless decides to stay there for a few days, in order to photograph some eagles which have built their nest on a crag in the courtyard. Needless to say, puzzling things soon begin to happen. The pump in the kitchen is being used on a regular basis and there is a light in the tower at night. On further investigation, the children discover an underground room in which a group of men hold regular meetings.

t is in this book that Jack, Philip, Dinah and Lucy-Ann first became friends and find themselves spending the summer at Craggy-Tops, with Philip and Dinah's Aunt Polly and Uncle Jocelyn. We are introduced to some of the wild creatures which Philip carries about his person — including mice and a squirrel — and it's interesting, as the series progresses, to see how many different kinds of animals he manages to tame. Craggy-Tops is an isolated house, old and half-ruined, set halfway up a steep cliff in a district honeycombed with underground passages — like Smuggler's Top (Five Go to Smuggler's Top, which was published a year later, in 1945) in some respects. Aunt Polly, who looks "tired and faded," is over-worked and struggles to make ends meet, causing her to be sour-tempered. Her husband is a Quentin-like figure — an absent-minded historian who spends most of his time working in his study, even forgetting about meals. There is also a handyman-servant named Jo-Jo, a bad-tempered, sullen character with "rolling eyes." He is one of the few black characters to be found in Blyton and comes across as something of a caricature at first, full of superstitious tales of bad "things" wandering about at night. However, his seeming simple-mindedness is all an act to prevent people from seeing him for what he really is — a clever, scheming villain.

Parents need to know that next to Agatha Christie, Jules Verne is the most translated author of all time, and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1870) is probably his most popular work -- which means you have versions galore to choose from, depending on your kid's age, interest level, and sensitivities, from full-length annotated versions to entry-level books that focus on the basic story. This unabridged version, translated from the French by Anthony Bonner, preserves Verne's 19th-century tendency to show off his knowledge on all subjects, so expect every plot development to be cause for a lecture on history or science. It also includes some violent scenes, especially of shipwrecks and their drowned victims, as well as a dramatic attack against a ship and its crew by a group of giant squid, which costs a crew member his life; another dies after an incident that isn't described. There's a good deal of violence against animals and butchery of sea creatures, as well. Mysterious Captain Nemo is driven by the need for revenge, but his motives are never fully explained.