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Only three people in the entire world know the secret formula for Coca-Cola and when all three are kidnapped the giant American corporation is in deep trouble. But the kidnappers didn't count on the extraordinary abilities of Fizzer Boyd. Roped in to help recreate the recipe, Fizzer and his friend Tupai are soon in the middle of an exciting adventure as the search for the missing recipe becomes a matter of life and death.

Only three people in the entire world know the secret formula for Coca-Cola. So, when all three are kidnapped, the giant American corporation is in deep trouble. But the kidnappers didn't count on the extraordinary abilities of Fizzer Boyd from Glenfield High. Soon Fizzer and his friend Tupai White are in the middle of a thrilling adventure, as the search for the missing recipe becomes a matter of life and death.

'The Real Thing' is a rollicking adventure combining mystery ingredients, international conspiracies and a thrilling chase halfway around the world. Fizzer has focused on heightening his senses. He reckons that anyone can do it, but nobody else he and his friends know can. What he does is notice everything, then he eliminates what he's not interested in, and then can totally focus on what he wants to know about. He's so good at this that he can tell the difference between coke that comes in a 1 litre bottle, coke in a 2.25 litre bottle, coke in a can, coke that has been poured just recently, coke that was poured some while ago, etc. This comes in particularly handy when the top three executives of the Coca-Cola company, who are the only people who know the secret recipe, are kidnapped. Fizzer and his friend Tupai are flown to the United States. But they soon find themselves involved in danger and adventures which eventually lead them to an atoll in the Pacific, where they finally manage to rescue the executives. ---Kathleen Dixon, Goodreads