X Marks the Spot:
Tony Abbott
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(Open Road Media Teen & Tween, July 1, 2014)
Two sixth graders are magically swept away to Treasure Island, where they must match wits with legendary pirate Long John Silver. When best friends Devin and Frankieāshort for Francineāget a tough assignment in their English class, they know thereās only one way to handle it. Read the book? Nah, thatās for suckers. Devin and Frankie just take the novel to the library and toss it through the magic metal detector, which sucks them into the world of the book, allowing them to experience the novel firsthand. Most of the time, this works great. This time, they get marooned on Treasure Island. The moment they step into Robert Louis Stevensonās classic pirate novel, Devin and Frankie find themselves neck deep in a hunt for buried treasure along with Long John Silver and his gang of cutthroats. These two wisecracking slackers will need to avoid rocking the boatāor they may have to walk the plank. School Library Journal has called the Devin and Frankie novels āreminiscent of Mary Pope Osborneās āMagic Tree Houseā series, but for an older audience.ā X Marks the Spot is another lively introduction to the classics for reluctant readers.
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