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Hoakes Island

A Fiendish Puzzle Adventure
By Ian Friel and Helen Friel
Laurence King Publishing
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Hoakes Island by Ian Friel and Helen Friel is an interactive adventure where readers must solve puzzles to uncover secrets about the mysterious Hoakes Island. The story invites young readers to become detectives, using map-reading skills and problem-solving to navigate the island and assist the protagonist in restoring the park to its former glory. Young explorers will find themselves fully immersed in this engaging tale of discovery and mystery.
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This book may appeal to you if you enjoy interactive adventures filled with puzzles and mystery. Perfect for curious young minds, it combines an engaging storyline with beautiful illustrations, challenging the reader to solve clues and unlock secrets throughout the journey.

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Henry Hoakes has gone missing and Hoakes Island Amusement Park is in grave danger.

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Henry Hoakes has gone missing, and Hoakes Island Amusement Park is in grave danger. This notebook, a hastily assembled collection of diary entries, notes, puzzles, and clues, is the only key to find out what has happened to Henry and stop the dastardly developers who want to knock down the park.

Solve the puzzles and discover keys and clues as you travel around the island on a quest to rescue Rita the anteater, Granville the gorilla, and the rest of the talking animals who live there. It's a race against time that only a puzzle master can win!

This ingenious and immersive puzzle adventure comes with a fold-out map of Hoakes Island and a special red lens to discover secret messages and clues. Can you solve the mystery and save Hoakes Island? We're counting on you!

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781786270320

Publisher: Hachette Children's Group

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 14 May 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Laurence King Publishing

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 185.0mm

Height: 255.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 64

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Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s & Teenage Non-Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Helen Friel Ian Friel Laurence King Publishing Young Adult

About the Author

Helen Friel (Author)

Helen Friel is a freelance paper engineer and illustrator, living and working in London. Her commercial clients include Vogue, The Telegraph, Ted Baker and Time magazine. She is also the author of Midnight Creatures: A Pop-Up Shadow Search.

Ian Friel (Author)

Ian Friel became a freelance writer and historian in 2007, after a long career in museums. Hoakes Island is his first children's book, written with his daughter, Helen Friel.

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