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Max is an ordinary north London schoolboy by day, but at night he performs sell-out public shows as an escapologist - nicknamed The Half-Pint Houdini by the tabloid press. His father, Alexander, was also a world-renowned escapologist, who disappeared two years earlier in the Central American state of Santo Domingo. His body was never found, but Max's mother, Helen, was convicted of murdering her husband by a Santo Domingan court. One evening, after his show, Max receives a visit from a mysterious man from Santo Domingo - Lopez-Vega tells Max that his mother's trial was rigged and, if Max comes to his hotel room the following night, he has something to give him.When Max goes to the hotel, he finds Lopez-Vega dead, shot through the head. The room has clearly been searched by the killer, but what was he looking for? By chance, Max finds a piece of paper hidden under Lopez-Vega's wig. Written on the paper is a sequence of eight numbers - 83521113. What do the numbers mean? Are they a code, or maybe the combination for a lock or a safe? Could they be the key to unlocking the mystery of his father's disappearance and getting his mother out of prison?
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About the Author
Paul Adam studied law at Nottingham University and started his writing career as a journalist. He has written ten critically-acclaimed thrillers for a grown-up audience that have sold widely around the world and have been translated into several foreign languages. Reviews have called his adult books "brilliantly imagined, fiercely authentic and wholly gripping" . Escape from Shadow Island is Paul's first book for children. He lives with his wife and children in Sheffield.
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"It is written in clear, punchy prose and displays Adam's talent for tension. It is somewhere that Charlie Higson fans might go next" * The Sunday Times * "It's pacy and exciting and very accessible. Fans of high octane adventure are going to enjoy reading about Max Cassidy" * thebookbag.co.uk * "Thrilling" * Bournemouth Daily Echo * "Paul Adam's Escape From Shadow Island . . . hits all the right notes for a rip-roaring adventure" * Sunday Business Post *
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- PublisherCorgi Childrens
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 0552560324
- ISBN 13 9780552560320
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages288
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