The Sea of Terror

by Stuart Gibbs, Stacy Curtis (Illustrator)

Overview

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 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:	9781665917445
Publisher:	Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Publication date:	05/09/2023
Series:	Once Upon a Tim , #3
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.70(d)
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. Stuart lives with his family in Los Angeles. You can learn more about what he’s up to at StuartGibbs.com.

Stacy Curtis is the illustrator of The 7 Habits of Happy Kids series by Sean Covey and the Once Upon a Tim series by bestselling author Stuart Gibbs. He lives with his wife and dog in Oak Lawn, Illinois.

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

"More knightly shenanigans, tongue deeply in cheek."

Kirkus

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

"More knightly shenanigans, tongue deeply in cheek."

Kirkus Reviews