Books with author Willard Price

Amazon Adventure: Long Island teenagers Hal and Roger Hunt embark on a pioneering expedition down the Amazon River with their father, expert naturalist John Hunt. They travel deep into unchartered jungle territory and collect exotic animals. But someone is out to get them and the boys' father is forced to return home. Hal and Roger are left on their own to face hostile natives, dangerous rapids and wild animals, and their progress is continually delayed by a brutal enemy hot on the boys' trail. South Sea Adventure: Hal and Roger are in the beautiful waters of the South Seas searching for unusual sea creatures, with a side mission to find the pearl oyster-beds of a remote lagoon. Keeping the location of the lagoon a secret proves more difficult than expected when other visitors to Polynesia conspire to steal the valuable pearls for themselves. The boys learn the true nature of friendship and sacrifice, and how far men will go to get what they want. Abandoned on a deserted barren atoll, the boys' survival skills are tested to the very limit.

AFRICAN ADVENTURE: While on safari in African big-game country, Hal and Roger Hunt are sent to help a village attacked by a vicious man-eating leopard. After their father is injured, the boys are left alone to track down the monster. The arrogant and clumsy Colonel Bigg is the least of their worries when they realise they have a traitor in their midst who is out to kill them, the village chief may die, and a merciless band of killers known as the Leopard Society is hunting the boys down. ELEPHANT ADVENTURE: Hal and Roger Hunt are in the Mountains of the Moon searching for elephants. The boys are with the Watussi tribe, the tallest people on earth, famous for their enchanting dancing. It’s not just the people that are over-sized – this part of Africa is full of natural giants: massive trees, hummingbirds the size of pigeons and forty feet tall heather. When the Watussi chief’s son is kidnapped and a baby elephant stolen, attention turns to the blackbirders, a group of slave traders from the Middle East. After a rare and beautiful white elephant crosses the boys’ path, the blackbirders decide it’s time to remove the boys from the equation...

Cannibal Adventure: Hal and Roger Hunt are exploring the dangerous and largely uncharted islands of Papua New Guinea, collecting strange and rare animals. They come to understand the ways of an isolated cannibal tribe as they work together, risking their lives to capture ferocious wild creatures including man eating crocodiles and giant venomous snakes. The trip takes an unexpected turn when the boys begin to suspect that a criminal from their past is back to take revenge on the two young naturalists. Arctic Adventure: The boys are in Greenland on another mission to collect unusual animals. With the young Inuit Olrik to guide them, Hal and Roger brave the freezing environment of the Arctic, battling wild storms, polar bears, killer whales and enormous crumbling icebergs. They explore bizarre underground cities and pass through the wondrous North Pole. However, Olrik's best efforts to protect the boys from the harsh conditions of this sub-zero world are hampered by a much scarier force than any of the natural forces at work in the icy world of Arctic - man.