Mountain Peak Peril: Be a hero! Create your own adventure to rescue the missing mountaineer (Geography Quest) - Softcover

Townsend, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 160992794X ISBN 13: 9781609927943

Publisher: words & pictures, 2015

Synopsis

Are you ready for an amazing adventure that will test your brain power to the limit, full of mind-bending puzzles, twists and turns? You've been called urgently to the Television Wildlife Centre where Lucinda Lavender, the TV Director General, is waiting for you. Reports of a terrifying yeti in the Towering Mountains have been made. Sir Digby Tweedhop, the top wildlife presenter, was sent up the mountain to capture the yeti on film - but he has disappeared without a trace! Only you, with your fantastic geography skills, will be able to find him. This is a life or death mission, create your own adventure and rescue Sir Digby Tweedhop from the mountain! Readers must use their problem-solving skills and geographical knowledge to navigate through four thrilling adventures. Geography Quest follows the popular Science and Rubik's Quest series. Questions are carefully chosen to address core geography subjects for the age group. Finding the answers enables readers to advance through the story, learning more about geography with every step they take. Clues are dotted along the way, and wrong turns will direct readers towards the right answer! A glossary explains geographical words and provides added reference material.

About this title

About the Author:

John Townsend has written many children's books, on a wide variety of subjects, both fiction and non-fiction. John used to be a secondary school teacher and playwright before becoming a full-time writer. He is a Reading Champion for the UK's National Literacy Trust.

David Shephard has worked for numerous different publishers, magazines, newspapers, and design agencies. More recently, he has found himself more and more drawn to working on imagery for young children and has a clean and traditional style. He lives in Sussex with his wife, son and cat.

About this edition

• Publisher: words & pictures
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 160992794X
• ISBN 13: 9781609927943
• Binding: Flexibound
• Number of pages: 48
• Illustrator: Shephard David