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| The Criminal in the Caymans (Incredible Journey Books ) |  | Author: Connie Lee Berry
Publisher: Kid's Fun Press
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Seller: smokymtnbooks
Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 459,248
Media: Paperback
Edition: illustrated edition
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Pages: 85
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.2 x 0.4
ISBN: 0977284808
EAN: 9780977284801
ASIN: 0977284808
Publication Date: April 1, 2007
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Odd things start happening to Max and Sam after they find out they are going to the Cayman Islands for Spring Break. Two mysterious boxes arrive on their doorstep. Then a series of strange events lead them straight into the path of a most-wanted criminal! Plus Max and Sam discover an incredibly shocking secret along the way! Will they survive an encounter with the dangerous criminal? Order the book to find out.
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 Fun and full of adventure. Awesome for learning! April 21, 2008
momtosix (Wisconsin)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This new series is absolutely delightful. The stories are upbeat and interesting. My child really got hooked on the series when she read this first book. One big perk to this series is that it includes facts about geography and other hidden tidbits about this and that, so they learn while they read.
 SFC 4 star review March 19, 2008
V. S. Grenier (Ivins, Utah USA)
This is the first children's book by Connie Lee Berry. At the beginning of the book, Berry shares with us how the Journey Book began. You'll also find a fact sheet about the Cayman Islands and a letter to the reader from the main characters, Max and Sam.
Max and Sam are brothers. They are only a year apart in age and are very close. On the way home from school, their mom announces she has a surprise waiting for them at home. Both boys can't wait to see what it is. Once they get the wrapping paper off, the boys are surprised to find a book about the Cayman Islands. Not sure why their mom gave them a book, they begin to ask questions and find out the family is going on a trip to the island. What the boys don't know is that is isn't going to be any regular family vacation.
This fun chapter book is a great read for reluctant readers. Packed full of mystery and action, even the most reluctant reader won't be able to put it down. You'll find a fact sheet with more interesting facts about the Cayman Islands and a science pick (a Science Experiment sent in from an Incredible Journey fan) from Max and Sam at the end.
I do have one word of caution. This chapter book is written with multiple points of view, which is something you don't normally see in a chapter book. But it's well done, and doesn't take away from the story or make it hard for children to read. If your child isn't use to multiple points of view, then you may want to read along with them.
From J. Kaye's Book Blog March 12, 2008
J. Kaye
THE CRIMINALS IN THE CAYMANS by Connie Lee Berry is the first book of the Incredible Journey series. In this book for ages 7 to 9, we meet the Stone family, Sam, a second grader, Max, a third grader, Sydney their 2 year old sister and their parents. Mr. Stone is a lawyer for a large banking corporation, and their mother is a stay-at-home Mom.
Connie Berry got the idea for writing the Incredible Journey series from her eight year old who was complaining about writing a paragraph. She told him writing can be fun and to prove it, she was going to write a book for him and his brother to read. She believes reading and learning should be fun.
The book starts out right before spring break when the boys find out they are going to the Caymans. Mr. Stone has a business trip there and decides to take the family. Before they leave, two mysterious packages arrive on the doorstep addressed to Maxwell and Samuel. One had an old, frail map of the world with a title of Max and Sam's Incredible Journey Map. In the lower right hand corner it was dated Oct. 11, 1964, over 40 years ago, and at the bottom was written, "May good fortune be with you."
The other package contained a newspaper from 1955 and an old leather journal. Inside were several old, crackly, yellowed papers. The first one had `Notes taken wisely can be of great use to you' written on it. This was used by Sam in the adventure.
An overheard conversation by Sam on the beach leads him to discover an outlaw fugitive on America's Most Wanted staying in the same hotel. On the way to helping capture the fugitive, Max and Sam discovers their father is a FBI agent.
Berry has done a good job included facts about the Cayman Islands and a neat science page. This one was about dissecting owl pellets. Really great for grade school boys!
This is a good read for the grade school group. There is plenty of fun and adventure with a bit of mystery and pictures and illustrations highlighting the eleven chapters. The facts are suitable for grade schoolers like, turtle farming is big, and it's part of the U.K. so it is ruled by Queen Elizabeth II. I recommend this book.
Magic Treehouse books move over February 21, 2008
Teachercreature (Wisconsin)
I think the books from this series are as good or better than those from the Magic Treehouse series. They keep kids interested from beginning to end, and they have educational facts added in as well. The first four books were a hit with my third-grade class.
A possible prelude to Potter February 3, 2008
Peter Reeve (Thousand Oaks, CA USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The promotional literature sent out with review copies of this book says it is a `series for ages 7-9'. The associated website states `ages 7-10'. The Amazon product description currently advises `4-8'. The two heroes of the book are in second and third grade. Personally, I would recommend 7-11 as the target readership, possibly 6. Younger readers will need to be read to or with, rather than left to themselves.
This appears to be (although it tries hard not to look like) a one-person self-publishing venture. If I am right about that, it is an astonishingly professional job she has done. The books are in no way inferior to usual store-bought editions, the illustrations are excellent, and the website is very sophisticated. The author is not short on promotional skills, either.
So what of the stories themselves? This first one in the series has some good ingredients. It has a pinch of magic, which kids love. It has kids outsmarting adults, which is another sure-fire attraction. And it sets up mysteries that promise to be resolved in future entries in the series, which is a good way to keep the kids reading.
There are problems. The Fact Sheet at the front of the book lists facts about the Caymans, including `1.5 times the size of Washington, D.C.' and a further fact sheet at the end tells the reader, `There are no direct taxes so thousands of companies are registered here.' Hardly fun facts. Most 7-year-old eyes will glaze over at those points.
There are also two plot elements that I had problems with. The first was the discovery of a gold watch which is not heard of again. Prepare to have your youngster demanding to know `What happened to the watch?' before you turn the light out and expect them to go to sleep. Secondly, the story has the kids going into a stranger's room to take his wallet. Young readers are as likely to take away the lesson that such behavior is acceptable as they are that the Caymans are 1.5 times the size of Washington.
With any self-publishing venture (again, assuming I am correct in describing it as such) there are usually problems with proof-reading and editing. This book is actually very good in that respect. I only spotted a couple of errors (I'm making the further assumption here that I was not sent a pre-publication review copy, which I am pretty sure I wasn't): Page 38 has `...the bright light had woke up Sam,...' where `woken' was required, page 40 has `seagulls echoed above them' where an editor would have suggested `cries of seagulls...' and a couple more such slips, none of them horrendous. The book is well written, and exposes the reader (apart from that one `woke') to accurate, standard grammar and punctuation, which is what you want.
I would recommend trying this book on your kids, making sure you start with this particular one, as it sets the scene for the series, and if they want to go on to the next in the series, fine -- you've got them reading. Next stop, Harry Potter!
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