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Addison Cooke and the Tomb of the Khan
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- ISBN: 9780147515643 (softcover)
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451 pages : maps ; 21 cm - Publisher: New York, NY : Puffin Books, [2018]
- Copyright: ©2018
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| Subject: | Genghis Khan -- 1162-1227 -- Juvenile fiction Kidnapping -- Juvenile fiction Tombs -- Juvenile fiction Asia -- Juvenile fiction |
| Genre: | Action and adventure fiction. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at University College of the North Libraries.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| The Pas Campus Library | PZ 7.1 .S753 A54 2018 (Text) | 58500001129212 | UCNJuv | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2017 November #1
Addison Cooke is at it again, this time on a research trip to China with his aunt, uncle, sister, and two best friends. Despite being "almost killed seventeen times" in Treasure of the Incas (2016), this ragtag adventuring party can't seem to stay out of trouble as they encounter Chinese triad gangs, Russian gangs, and the sinister Madame Feng within mere hours of their arrival. While they seek the tomb of Genghis Khan via a series of riddles set by a Knight Templar, they are also on the run for their lives. Each clue gives the Cookes a chance to test their mettleâand their near-encyclopedic knowledge of history and archaeology. If they can unearth the hidden tomb before Madame Feng, the greatest discovery since the treasure of the Incas will be theirs to behold. Addison Cooke is Indiana Jones and James Bond rolled into one for the middle-grades set. Stokes' witty second adventure only improves upon the first, giving great theatrical drama to this rollicking ride. Copyright 2017 Booklist Reviews. - Horn Book Guide Reviews : Horn Book Guide Reviews 2018 Spring
Whip-smart thirteen-year-old Addison, his younger sister, and his two best friends embark on another Indiana Jonesstyle adventure ([cf2]Addison Cooke and the Treasure of the Incas[cf1]), this time searching for the tomb of Genghis Khan across Asia. Nonstop action and banter prevail as the children battle gangsters and outsmart villains. Despite a clichid plot and abundant stereotypes, readers will enjoy the antics and adventure. Copyright 2018 Horn Book Guide Reviews. - Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 2017 October #1
Pompous, pedantic, school-blazer-sporting Addison Cooke is off to the Gobi Desert.Addison's archaeologist aunt and uncle are going on a dig in China, but their colleague has something else in mind: find the secret hoard of Genghis Khan. When his aunt and uncle are kidnapped by a Chinese gang, it's up to the Gershwin-loving, 13-year-old white boy and his entourage to save them. The story is bloated with what seems like every adventure trope and plot device in existence, including colonizing attitudes, a "city of the dead," a trail of cryptic clues leading to an ancient treasure hidden deep beneath a cave, a soothsaying shaman (who speaks the "sacred language" of English), a legacy to save the world, and the pièce de résistance: a prophecy involving the hero's death. Constant reference to the group as Addison's "team" implies hierarchy: a white boy in charge of a white girl and two male ethnic others. There's Addison's sister, Molly, and his best friends, Eddie Chang, a feminized Chinese boy afraid of his own shadow, and Indian Raj Bhandari, a camo-wearing survival expert. The third-person narrative is from bumptious Addison's viewpoint, with some miscellaneous hopping into other characters' heads for a beat or two. Despite fast-paced action scenes dominating the nearly 500 pages, it's still a slog. Been there, done that. (Adventure. 8-13) Copyright Kirkus 2017 Kirkus/BPI Communications. All rights reserved.
