Menace in the sea (The Sea of Menace - Piers Sanford)

Member Name: mumsymary

Product:	The Sea of Menace - Piers Sanford
Date:	15/09/08 (111 review reads)
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Advantages: fun to read makes a game

Disadvantages: none

The sea of menace is a walker book written by Patrick Burston illustrated by Piers Sanford in 2003 2003. This book is skill level 2 Age about 7 years .it is a game book one where the reader chooses his/her way. Its size 260 x 215 mm, Pages: 48

You the reader are on the crystal searcher an explorer ship, your friends jade, flame, and Skye are on the sub boat shark but this has hit a rock knocking of its 3 propellers and scattering your friends in the depths of the sea. You must find and save your friends and the propellers then discover the secret of the sunken crystal city.

Jump on board the crystal searcher with me and my 6 year old grandson. Let's plunge into the depths of the sea there are 3 shoals of different colored fish, a green shoal, a blue shoal a red shoal in each shoal. There is one fish a different colour. We spotted it easily, now to decide which colour shoal to follow. There are instructions on the page as to which page to turn to depending on which colour you are following. Today we choose the red shoal page 8 here we come (good for our maths.) A picture of the sea bottom shells seaweed fish and a turtle first we have to find a pair of shells that look like gloves. I can see them, looks like 5 fingers. Now you can choose to go through 1 of 3 tunnels each goes to a different page, let's go to page 12 first. Whoo we are in the whirl pool .we are instructed to grab something that looks like a parachute, no not one of the stinging jelly fish they look like parachutes but sting , ahh there's a weed that looks like a parachute . Now follow one whirling whirlpool and read what number page to go to page 32, towards a green light. Ohh scary down here it's a shipwreck an upside down cabin the captains bones are still there he haunts this wreck. We have to find 5 impossible things, ahh there's one it's a butterfly, and butterflies do not live under the sea what else? Umm oh I see the mat is still on the wrecks floor but the wreck is upside down so it would not stay there, things always fall down don't they. I see sea weed hanging up side down that's wrong too. We found the other impossible things then we read we have to go back to page 4 choose another colour and begin the quest again now blue or green? We eventually follow all the routes and find all our friends the three anchors and discover the crystal city and it's secret. We have a terrifying journey pat the turtles who have lost two pieces of their shells, its ok we found them so they gave us a lift. The troglobite pulls of sky's helmet but we find it before she drowns. We have to rescue jade by working out which string will untie the net she is caught in. Oil is leaking from an abandoned oil rig we have to find the correct tap to turn it of and stop the pollution.
There is a task on each double page they are a bit scary but fun. You have to think about what you are doing.
My grandson and I enjoyed the challengers this book set out following instructions and finding things. The answers to the challenges are on the last page of the book
This book costs £5.99 new available at http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sea-Menace-Us-Patrick-Burs ton/dp/0763605794 FROM £4.20

Summary: A game book for 7 year olds