The Sands of Shark Island

by Alexander McCall Smith Narrated by Nicholas Guy Smith

Overview

Imagine going to school on a boat! The rip-roaring excitement continues in the second volume of this*adventure-mystery series set on the high seas, from the author of the beloved No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency!
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Ben and Fee MacTavish and their schoolmates on board the School Ship Tobermory are headed thousands of miles from their base in Mull to a small island in the Caribbean. They will learn extraordinary details about Captain Macbeth's past and come face to face with modern-day pirates. The students and crew aboard the Tobermory will have to band together and use their wits to escape harm and overcome the evil pirates.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

" . . . instilled with wholesome values, intelligence, and action. A comfortable, wise tale that is more than anything a story of friendship." —Kirkus Reviews

Kirkus Reviews

2017-03-29
The second School Ship Tobermory installment finds the MacTavish twins cementing friendships and solving mysteries in the Caribbean.The book opens at the beginning of a school holiday for the diverse student body of the School Ship Tobermory—a sailing ship based in Scotland that is also a boarding school. Twelve-year-old white twins Fee and Ben MacTavish are preparing to spend their holiday at home with their marine-scientist parents when they realize that three of their friends live too far away to go home. In their warmhearted fashion, the twins invite the three to their home. A dangling storyline that will no doubt be picked up in a further installment ensues. Back onboard Tobermory post-holiday, the students and their teachers set sail for the Caribbean. In Antigua, they meet Mike, a black, 13-year-old islander who has had to give up his education to help support his family after his fisherman father mysteriously disappeared two years previously. A cozy mystery instilled with wholesome values, intelligence, and action follows. While Ben and Fee figure prominently, McCall Smith, in his assured third-person narration (with the occasional second-person popping up) branches out and lets other characters drive the plot. McIntosh's black-and-white illustrations follow the same format as the first book and are just as effective. A comfortable, wise tale that is more than anything a story of friendship. (backmatter) (Fiction. 8-12)

Product Details

BN ID:	2940169091724
Publisher:	Penguin Random House
Publication date:	07/11/2017
Series:	School Ship Tobermory Series , #2
Edition description:	Unabridged
Age Range:	8 - 11 Years

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