Tales from Adventureland The Keymaster's Quest

by Jason Lethcoe

Overview

Andy Stanley has never met his famous grandfather, renowned archaeologist and explorer Ned Lostmore. Then Ned goes missing on the search for a hidden temple deep in the Amazonian jungle, and everyone assumes he's dead. But when Andy receives a mysterious letter and key from his grandfather, he is drawn into a quest to stop several lost, magical artifacts from falling into the wrong hands. His adventure takes him deep into the worlds of the attractions featured at Disney's Adventureland-the Tiki Room, Jungle Cruise, and more!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781484781432
Publisher:	Disney Press
Publication date:	09/26/2017
Series:	Tales from Adventureland Series , #1
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 6.90(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range:	10 - 12 Years

About the Author

Jason Lethcoe is the author and illustrator of several books, including the "Zoom's Academy" series. Lethcoe also worked for 17 years in the Hollywood animation industry as a storyboard artist for several studios, including Walt Disney Feature Animation. He does most of his writing on his 30-foot sailboat called The Moon and lives in California with his wife, Nancy, and his three kids, Emily, Alex, and Olivia Rose.

Editorial Reviews

2017-07-15
Lethcoe plunges readers right into an energetic quest story about a young boy following in his explorer grandfather's footsteps—and saving the world, of course. Twelve-year-old, white Andy Stanley shares more with the grandfather he's never met than their "pale complexion and straw-like sandy hair"—he shares his adventurer's spirit, too. He begins to realize this at his grandfather's funeral, where he is introduced to an unusual and unexpectedly dangerous cast of associates and adversaries who seem to know all about Andy. After an ensuing code-breaking trial and a conversation with his possibly not-so-dead grandfather, clumsy bookworm Andy finds himself on a mission for the Jungle Explorers Society. Readers unfazed by the too-convenient plot and jarring pace and the fact that every other action seems to occur "suddenly" or "in a flash" will be entertained by the continuous action and the high cool-things-per-page quotient (complete with an airship, an exploding pen, a mechanical servant, a shrunken head, a magical artifact, a talking bird, a man-eating god, and a mime). The book is precisely what it bills itself as, wish-fulfillment fun to spark a young reader's curiosity—every passage is an invitation to go on a quest, to explore, to be brave, to learn something new. (Adventure/fantasy. 9-12)

Kirkus Reviews