Escape from Shadow Island - Max Cassidy 1
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- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
1 June 2011
Summary
Escapology is dangerous, but not nearly as dangerous as real life …
Think Alex Rider meets Houdini and you’ve got Max Cassidy.
“My mum killed my dad, then dragged his body all the way along the beach … I don’t believe a word of it”
Max Cassidy is a teenage escapologist, so good he’s nicknamed the Half-pint Houdini. His father disappeared two years ago and his body has never been found. His mother is now serving a life sentence for her husband’s murder.
Max’s mi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780552563031 |
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| ISBN-10: | 055256303X |
| Author: | Paul Adam |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Imprint: | Corgi Childrens |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 1 June 2011 |
| Weight: | 204g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 17mm |
| Series: | Max Cassidy |
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Critics Review
It is written in clear, punchy prose and displays Adam’s talent for tension. It is somewhere that Charlie Higson fans might go next * The Sunday Times *
It’s pacy and exciting and very accessible. Fans of high octane adventure are going to enjoy reading about Max Cassidy * thebookbag.co.uk *
Thrilling * Bournemouth Daily Echo *
Paul Adam’s Escape From Shadow Island … hits all the right notes for a rip-roaring adventure * Sunday Business Post *
About The Author
Paul Adam
Paul Adam studied law but then decided to write, starting his career as a journalist. He has written ten thrillers for a grown-up audience that have sold widely around the world and have been translated into several foreign languages. Reviews have called his adult books, ‘Brilliantly imagined, fiercely authentic and wholly gripping’. Escape From Shadow Island is Paul’s first book for children. He lives with his wife and sons in Sheffield.
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