Reef of Death - Hardcover

Zindel, Paul

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0370322916 ISBN 13: 9780370322919

Publisher: Bodley Head Children's Books, 1998

Synopsis

PC--
could really use your help.
It's a nuthouse down here!

Seventeen-year-old PC can't resist his uncle Cliff's frantic call and is soon aboard a plane to Australia. Within hours of arriving, PC realizes that his uncle has gotten himself into an even more bizarre predicament than usual, and that Cliff is counting on him to unravel the threads of a mystery linking: a missing scuba diver, presumed dead; Maruul, a beautiful Aboriginal girl suffering from amnesia; a strange map based on a legend of a sacred treasure; an eerie, seemingly deserted ship; and a huge, horrible creature that lurks in the depths beneath the reef.

Trying to help the shaken young girl, PC and Cliff return to the reef where Maruul's brother vanished and take up the search for the Aboriginal treasure that will save the people of Maruul's tribe. But someone else is looking for the treasure too-and when the two groups collide, a lethal game of hideand-seek is played out beneath the deep and bloody waters of the reef.

Seventeen-year-old PC McPhee is intrigued with the bizarre details of a deadly mystery'a missing scuba diver, a hidden treasure, a seemingly deserted ship, a corrupt scientist, a beautiful girl suffering from amnesia, and a deadly creature prowling the depths of an Australian reef. PC is convinced that these are all strange pieces to a dangerous puzzle. When he teams up with a beautiful girl, Maruul, he soon realizes that they are in a race against time to solve this mystery if they are to save her Aboriginal village'and their own lives.

Paul Zindel has created a spine-tingling adventure that will thrill readers with its startling events.

Young Adult's Choices for 2000 (IRA)

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Review

Some say that the reason teens are so addicted to horror stories is because disgusting monsters, ghouls, and tentacled amphibians psychologically and creatively personify a teen's innermost angst. Proving that there is more than a grain of truth to the theory, crowned king of teenage angst Paul Zindel plunges into the world of horror with style in Reef of Death, his third fast-paced, thrilling tale of smart teens battling the slime of the earth. Even the most reluctant readers will find themselves furiously turning pages to find out what happens to P.C. McPhee when he hops a plane to Australia to help his crazy uncle solve an offshore mystery. A tidal wave of adventure and a cast of villains--including the biggest, nastiest, man-eating fish on earth--await him Down Under. Teens who love being scared out of their wits won't want to miss Zindel's other two horrifying tales: Loch and The Doom Stone, both chosen as Recommended Books for Reluctant Young Adult Readers by the American Library Association.

About the Author

Paul Zindel who won the 1971 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for The Effects of Gamma Rays On Man-In-the-Moon Marigolds,once again draws upon his scientific background for Reef Of Death. His most recent books for Harper Collins include The Doom Stone and Loch, both Recommended books for the Reluctant YA Reader (ALA), and the tragicomic memoir The Pigman & Me. The Pigman & Me was both a 1993 ALA Best Book for Young Adults and a 1993 ALA Notable Children's Book.
Mr. Zindel lives in Montague, New Jersey.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bodley Head Children's Books
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0370322916
• ISBN 13: 9780370322919
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 117