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Jake Ransom and the Skull King's Shadow

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By James Rollins
Publisher HarperCollins
Jake Ransom and the Skull King's Shadow
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When a mysterious envelope arrives for Jake Ransom, he and his older sister, Kady, are plunged into a gripping chain of events. An artifact found by their parentson the expedition from which they never returnedleads Jake and Kady to a strange world inhabited by a peculiar mix of longlost civilizations, a world that may hold the key to their parents disappearance. But even as they enter the gate to this extraordinary place, savage grackyls soar across the sky, diving to attack. Jakes new friends, the pretty Mayan girl Marika and the Roman Pindor, say the grackyls were created by an evil alchemistthe Skull King. And as Jake struggles to find a way home, it becomes obvious that what the Skull King wants most is Jake and Kadydead or alive. Book Details:Format: HardcoverPublication Date: 4/28/2009Pages: 416Reading Level: Age 8 and Up

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79181 words79,181 words
416 pages416 pages
Lexile 680LLexile 680L
Grade 3 to 9Grade 3 to 9
Age 8-14Age 8-14
Published 2009Published 2009

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9780061473791

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