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The Reckless Rescue

The Reckless Rescue

#2 in series

by Adrienne Kress
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More mystery, more bravery, more danger, and one amazingly reckless rescue await in the second book in the Explorers series! The perfect read for fans of The Name of This Book Is a Secret and The Mysterious Benedict Society!
Reader! Your attention is greatly needed. We have left things unresolved! What began as your average story of a boy stumbling upon a pig in a teeny hat and a secret international explorers society has turned into an adventure of epic proportions.
  • The bad news: The boy (Sebastian) has been kidnapped by a trio of troublesome thugs.
  • The good news: His new friend Evie has promised to rescue him!
  • The bad news: Sebastian has been taken halfway around the world.
  • The good news: Evie has famous explorer and former Filipendulous Five member Catherine Lind at her side!
  • The bad news: There's still the whole matter of Evie's grandfather (and the leader of the Filipendulous Five) somewhere out there in grave danger.
  • The good news: Pursuing Sebastian will lead Evie and Catherine to another member of the Filipendulous Five, who might be able to help!

    • This missive is a call to action and an invitation to join in mystery, bravery, and danger. There will be new people to meet, new places to see, and some dancing along the way. And one amazingly reckless rescue.
    PRAISE FOR THE FIRST BOOK IN THE SERIES: THE EXPLORERS: THE DOOR IN THE ALLEY:
    "[A] wildly funny adventure. . . . Animals in teeny hats, Wonderland-style logic, and loads of wordplay and sarcasm will keep readers giggling all the way through."-Kirkus Reviews
    "Exhilarating. . . . Fans of a Series of Unfortunate Events will be drawn to this."-Booklist
    "A rollicking read, full of derring-do and old-fashioned villainy."-School Library Journal
    "Funny, offbeat, and subversive . . . occasional footnotes and other humorous asides from the omniscient narrator break the fourth wall and ramp up the playfulness."-The Horn Book
    "Narrated with a smart, brisk tone and plenty of snark. . . . The Explorers: The Door in the Alleypacks plenty of twists, turns and danger."-Shelf Awareness

    • Creators

    • Series

      The Explorers

    • Publisher

    • Release date

      April 24, 2018

    • Formats

      • OverDrive Read

        • ISBN: 9781101940112
        • File size: 29308 KB

      • EPUB ebook

        • ISBN: 9781101940112
        • File size: 31821 KB

    • Languages

      • English

    • Levels

      • ATOS Level: 5.2
      • Lexile® Measure: 710
      • Interest Level: 4-8(MG)
      • Text Difficulty: 4

    • Reviews

      • Kirkus

        February 15, 2018
        Evie, Sebastian, the Explorers Society, and the pig in the teeny hat are back in this sequel to The Door in the Alley (2017).This second installment opens in what the narration avows is the worst possible place: on the edge of a volcano with a new character who has nothing to do with the previous book's cliffhanger. Benedict Barnes is a former member of the infamous Filipendulous Five, a group of explorers that was kicked out of the Explorers Society after a tremendous disaster. Following this inconvenient introduction, the story resumes with Sebastian on a helicopter with his kidnappers while Evie tries to convince the society's leaders to fund a rescue mission. Sebastian can lead the bad guys to a purported fountain of youth, the very place the Filipendulous Five were trying to find when disaster struck; Barnes is the kidnappers' next target, and if Evie can find him, she can save Sebastian. As Evie travels to Australia, Sebastian escapes his nefarious captives and accidentally and then on purpose joins a K-pop band in Seoul. Another oh-so-annoying--and literal--cliffhanger leaves readers breathlessly awaiting the next adventure. The self-aware, third-person narration switches between Evie and Sebastian, always maintaining the same metafictive humor and goofy, sometimes-ranting, footnote-style asides as the previous book. Most characters appear to be of white European origin with the exception of the K-pop band's Korean members; Ruby and Thom, Australian Aborigines who befriend and assist Evie in her quest; and Benedict, depicted as a black man.Delightfully silly, but the pig in the teeny hat needs a bigger part next time. (Adventure. 8-13)

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      • The Horn Book

        July 1, 2018
        Sebastian, the nerdy and responsible hero of The Door in the Alley, has been kidnapped for the map key he holds in his eidetic memory. His friend Evie sets out to rescue him, hoping to eventually rescue her newly discovered risk-taking grandfather as well. Global quests and dramatic action sequences are informed by personality-driven challenges in this fast-moving, humorously footnoted adventure series.

        (Copyright 2018 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)

    Formats

    • OverDrive Read
    • EPUB ebook

    subjects

    Languages

    • English

    Levels

    • ATOS Level:5.2
    • Lexile® Measure:710
    • Interest Level:4-8(MG)
    • Text Difficulty:4

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