Author: William Pene Dubois
Lexile measure: 1070
Bottom line: We loved it. Despite the high Lexile, it was an engaging read.
Language: Acceptable.
Violence: Volcanic eruption. There is mention of shooting and murder, but not a big part of the story at all. You could easily gloss over this, especially if reading aloud.
Big Kid Mature Topics: Greed, money, jewels. Multiculturalism.
Illustrations: Black and white shaded drawings, every few pages.
Plot: moderately complex.
Wow. What a great book! Balloons, a mysterious tropical island filled with diamonds, a volcanic explosion, cool inventions--this is a really fun adventure book, but without the violence of most of the adventure genre. I took this out of the library for myself to read, but my daughter (again!) got it before me and she devoured it and loved it!
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