The Lost Treasure of Captain Blood (Gamebook) [Hardcover]

Jonathan Stroud (Author), Cathy Gale (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 2, 1996 | Age Level: 6 and up | Series: Gamebook

A delightful assortment of mazes, puzzles, and brainteasers challenges young readers to solve the mystery of how Mam Spamme and her crew escaped near death and won a large treasure while on a high seas adventure.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 1-3?For compulsive children who enjoy searching for Waldo, this picture-book puzzle story will be a tepid challenge. Lost Treasure is a sort of piratical compilation of fast-food puzzles designed to keep bored kids jumping through unimaginative hoops in order to unearth a buried treasure through the process of elimination. Readers are invited to scrutinize the busy, watercolor cartoons to find a variety of objects, including 20 "scurvy rats" on board the pirates' junk; to use a map to help the characters determine their location on an island; and to solve a maze in order to free a victim from an underground trap. Alongside runs a comic-book story of "good" pirates Mam and son Sam Spamme and their brave Black Dog vs. bad guys Red Roger and the cruel, Cheshire-like cat, Nelson. The double-page spreads are replete with asides, clues, inquiries, directions, and minutiae that add up to a confusing jumble.?John Sigwald, Unger Memorial Library, Plainview, TX
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 6 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Candlewick (September 2, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1564028755
• ISBN-13: 978-1564028754
• Product Dimensions: 11.9 x 9.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,126,360 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jonathan Stroud (www.jonathanstroud.com) is the author of the New York Times best-selling Bartimaeus Trilogy, as well as Heroes of the Valley, The Leap, The Last Siege, and Buried Fire. He lives in England with his family.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Really fun book! Full of puzzles, counting and mystery!, June 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Lost Treasure of Captain Blood (Gamebook) (Hardcover)

On every page of this book, you are challenged to seek and count, to study the treasure map, to use logic and observation, and to follow directions to find the clues and ultimately the treasure. The book is written in a comic book format, with lots of very detailed illustrations. My 6 year old enjoys me reading the book to her, as she solves the mystery; an older child would enjoy reading it for himself and unraveling the mystery. Each challenge is answered as part of the story on the next page. My daughter has enjoyed it so much, that now I'm buying it for all my neices and nephews.