The Sea of Terror

by Stuart Gibbs, Chris Choi (Illustrator)

Overview

Now with a reimagined look! Join Tim and his friends on a treacherous journey across the seas in the laugh-out-loud funny, highly illustrated third book of the New York Times bestselling Once Upon a Tim chapter book series from Spy School author Stuart Gibbs.

After helping Princess Grace foil the villainous Prince Ruprecht—twice!—junior knights Tim, Belinda, and Ferkle are on a new quest—this time to recover the Queen of Merryland’s precious golden fleece (and more importantly, the protective amulet in its pocket) from the Kingdom of Dinkum. The safety of all Merryland depends upon them.

But first, they must face the deadly Sea of Terror and the dastardly perils it contains. Tim and his friends will have to use every ounce of bravery, valor, and intelligence they possess to navigate the treacherous waters—or else risk becoming flotsam on the waves.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781665963190
Publisher:	Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Publication date:	12/03/2024
Series:	Once Upon a Tim , #3
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	176
Age Range:	7 - 10 Years

About the Author

Stuart Gibbs is the New York Times bestselling author of the Charlie Thorne series, FunJungle series, Moon Base Alpha series, Once Upon a Tim series, and Spy School series. He has written screenplays, worked on a whole bunch of animated films, developed TV shows, been a newspaper columnist, and researched capybaras (the world’s largest rodents). Stuart lives with his family in Los Angeles. You can learn more about what he’s up to at StuartGibbs.com.

Chris Choi is an illustrator, author, and graphic novelist who formerly worked under the pseudonym “Chris Danger.” Chris, an army brat, lived everywhere, but grew up mostly in Hawai’i. He attended the School of Visual Arts in New York City, worked in animation and academia for a few years, and has been a full-time freelance illustrator for almost a decade now. He currently lives in Philadelphia with his wife Eva and their dog and two cats. Visit him on Instagram @Choi_Meets_World.

Read an Excerpt

Chapter One: What I Was Afraid Of CHAPTER ONE What I Was Afraid Of


You could barely get through the day without running into a vicious, bloodthirsty creature.

The countryside was crawling with them. Literally.

And, as a member of the Knight Brigade of the Great and Glorious Kingdom of Merryland, it was my job to fend them off.

This was not easy.

In fact, it was extremely difficult. And potentially deadly. And scary. Just turn the page and you’ll see what I mean.

Editorial Reviews

2023-02-08
Knights-in-training Tim and Belinda undertake a terrifying sea voyage to fetch a golden fleece and a few other treasures.

Mostly what’s terrifying is that they have Sir Fass, Sir Render, and the rest of the Kingdom of Merryland’s inept, aptly named, and, as it turns out, treacherous Knight Brigade as shipmates…though surviving such nautical hazards as sirens, not to mention Scylla and Charybdis, are (not unlike a monstrous bargleboar, whose allergy to paprika leaves everyone covered in snot) nothing to sneeze at. Cribbing blithely from ancient sources but working in some inventive twists of his own—the song of the sirens, for instance, is so awful that rather than luring sailors to their deaths, it results in them wrecking their ships to avoid hearing it—Gibbs steers his young adventurers from one near disaster to the next before doing readers the disservice of leaving the pair hurtling toward certain death on the last page. As in previous outings, Curtis adds comical line drawings of knights in armor grimacing or looking confused to nearly every spread, and the author pauses the action periodically to define relevant vocabulary building words like overcompensating, nauseous, and (irritatingly) cliffhanger. Most of the cast presents White in the interior art, though Belinda appears to be Black.

More knightly shenanigans, tongue deeply in cheek. (Fantasy. 10-12)

Kirkus Reviews