The Copper Treasure [Paperback]

Melvin Burgess (Author), Richard Williams (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 30, 2002 | Age Level: 9 and up

Jamie, Davies, and Ten Tons are mudlarks, boys who stay alive in 1850s London by finding and selling coal in the banks along the Thames River. Their dream is to find adventure by going to sea, but they'll never get a place on a seagoing ship without the money to buy an apprenticeship. Then they spot a potential treasure -- a half-ton of copper. All they have to do is rescue it from the depths of the river....

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About the Author

Melvin Burgess is the author of many novels for young adult and middle-grade readers. Among them are The Baby and Fly Pie, and Smack (winner of Britain's Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Prize for Fiction, as well as an ALA Best Book for Young Adults). Mr. Burgess lives in Lancashire, England.

Richard Williams has been illustrating books and magazines for twenty years. His clients range from Mad Magazine to Reader's Digest. He is also a nationally known portrait painter . Richard Williams resides in Syracuse, New York with his wife and two daughters.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins (April 30, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0380733250
• ISBN-13: 978-0380733255
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.1 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,803,186 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars the copper treasure, February 3, 2006

A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Copper Treasure (Paperback)

Ten tons went on a bout trip to find some treasure. When they where out at sea ten tons fell off the bout. All he did was sitting on the back of the bout in his chair. The crew got vary mad after time went on they got madder.

But he did some diving if he got board. That is all he did.

After they fond the treasure they told him that if he did not get to work he dos not get any of the treasure. So he started working a lot. Things that he did were he went diving for more treasure but he did not find any more treasure. He even asked to dive the bout. He learned not to make other people do his work for hem. Ten tons got a lot of money out of it.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A good book, October 19, 2001

A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Copper Treasure (Paperback)

At first TenTons ,Davis,and Jami are on a big boat and find a chest full of copper so they try to move it to get some copper but as soon as they move it it falls off the edge of the boat. A few days latter they were playing in the water and they found it, but they can't take it out of the mud and water by ther selfs then they found some donkeys loose in a farmer's feild.The next day they try to take the donkeys to try to pull it out. TenTons is so happy that he is jumping all over the place then Davis ties tens to the copper that they almost had out of the water but then it falls and Tens drowned a few days later they get the copper . They bring it to a dealer and get alot of money then they throw half in the water for Tens and the other half for a boat ride.