Kindle Edition Amazon Whale of a Tale Adventures Category:  Children Publisher: Legwork Team Publishing Type: Fiction Pages: 263 Copyright: January 24, 2011 ISBN-13: 9781935905103 This riveting adventure story takes young readers, age eight to twelve, on a journey along with Katey and Will (the main characters, that is inspirational and unforgettable. If you love adventure, marine animals, and stories that you can't put down, this book is a must-read! The story begins with Katey and Will Longley, a 10 and 11 year-old sister and brother who journey to a remote island thousands of miles across the globe. After a storm capsizes their uncle’s boat near Cape Cod, the children have the misfortune to meet Captain Sharkley, a shady individual who uses them in his quest to find mystical whalebones on an island from which no one has returned alive.       They escape the captain’s ship, along with the captain’s nephew, Bartholomew and a crew member. When they reach Whale Island, a beautiful but dangerous island with unusual plant and animal life, they uncover the island’s amazing secrets, as well as ancient whalebones which reveal incredible powers, including the ability to communicate with whales, dolphins and fish. Katey and Will also unearth an extraordinary discovery: a lost undersea civilization and its inhabitants, revealing a whole new world to them.       Excerpt "The boat was churning frantically now against the waves. They did all they could to hang on. Katey was yelling for Uncle Hughie. She could no longer see Will or Uncle Hughie. Her brain raced frantically, as she went back and forth between releasing her hold on the railing so she could find them and hanging on for dear life. Suddenly, sounding as if it was coming from inside a cave, she heard a voice. 'Katey!' Will shouted as loudly as he could above the howling wind, 'Grab onto my life jacket and don't let go!' He found her and pulled her up, but as Katey reached out to him, another giant wave crashed into the boat's side. She slipped from his grip. Blinded by the salt water in her eyes, she desperately shouted for help. No response. 'Will! Where is Uncle Hughie! Can you see him?' 'I can't see him!' said Will, his voice sounding small against the noise from the pounding waves. He sounded so far away. Upon hearing a muffled voice, she turned and was relieved to see a patch of Will's blue shirt. She began to crawl toward the blue shirt but the boat lurched again and she lost her balance. 'Uncle Hughie, where are you?' she cried, in a panic now. Why wasn't he answering? She was just a few feet away from Will, wading through water that was now over a foot high inside the boat. She held her fet

Children Love Adventure
“I bought your book at my school, St. William the Abbot. I just finished it a week ago, and I wanted to tell you how much I really liked it, because I think they were really courageous to escape from Sharkley. I think the book is really inspiring to people (like me) who want to write books. I was wondering if you were going write a sequel to WHALE ISLAND and the MYSTERIOUS BONES. If so, I know it’s going to be as good as this one!”
- Celeste, 8-years old, Seaford, NY


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“Your book was very descriptive – I love books like that. It felt so real, I could picture the people in my head.”
– Delaney Hardekoepf, 10-years old, Oceanside, NY


An Amazing Book
“Your book is amazing! I love the book and I mean LOVE the book! It’s so cool. Captain Sharkley sounds tough and so does Tiger when he threw Red into the hall…..WOW…I hope you remember me – I was so excited to meet you!” – - Kara Michelle Nickel, 9 years-old, Long Island