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Operation Red Jericho

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By Joshua Mowll
Publisher Candlewick Press
Operation Red Jericho
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A sister and brothers search for their missing parents uncovers a mysterious secret society in an actionfilled seaandland saga centered in 1920s Shanghai. For Joshua Mowll, it was the surprise of a lifetime. There, among the archives inherited from his greataunt Rebecca MacKenzie, was a 1920s journal recounting the thrilling and dangerous adventures of fifteenyearold Rebecca and her younger brother, Doug, in the wake of their parents mysterious disappearance in the deserts of China. Now carefully recreated in a lavish volume complete with cloth binding and a journalstyle elastic clasp the siblings tale begins aboard the Expedient, their uncles enigmatic research ship, and moves at a breathless pace through the streets of Shanghai and on to a terrifying island fortress. Along the way, Doug and Becca encounter an ancient order of Chinese mercenaries, a brutal pirate warlord, a feisty Texan heiress, and a stolen cache of a volatile explosive called zoridium. By their sagas end, the intrepid duo has exposed a murderous plot involving their parents and uncovered a highminded secret society hidden from the world for hundreds of years. Interspersed are such archival elements as elaborate diagrams and maps vintage photos and illustrations documents with stamps, seals, and watermarks four fullcolor gatefolds, the largest a sixpage foldout extensive appendices and notes Painstakingly researched and packed with authentic detail, OPERATION RED JERICHO is the first of three nonstopaction tales of intrigue by firsttime author Joshua Mowll historical fiction at its finest.

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52631 words52,631 words
288 pages288 pages
Lexile 850LLexile 850L
Grade 5 to 12Grade 5 to 12
Age 10-17Age 10-17
Published 2005Published 2005

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Book ISBN:

9780763626341

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