Nitty Gritty 1 (Paperback)

Stu Duval

ISBN 10: 1442528397 / ISBN 13: 9781442528390

Published by Pearson Education New Zealand, Auckland, N.Z., 2009

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Paperback. By the end of the second millennium, a mere three years away, there will be no dry land above sea level. Cataclysmic global warming has caused the oceans rapid rise and forced those desperate to survive only one choice: life at the bottom of the sea! The world Rom lives in is entirely underwater, in an environment of controlled light, regulated seasons and artificial air. Key species of animals have been preserved in a giant underwater zoo. Roms father, an internationally respected biologist, has been tasked with managing Deep Ark 6 a vast installation specialising in the preservation of venomous snakes, reptiles and poisonous insects. He desperately wants Rom to follow in his academic footsteps, yet Rom feels as caged in as the very reptiles he lives alongside. He longs to venture away from the tight control of his father and head to the forbidden Surface. However, when Roms wish is granted, it is not in a way he could ever have dreamed of . . . Rom lives two thousand metres under the sea and has never seen the sun. His dad runs Deep Ark 6, an underwater zoo that is home to the most venomous snakes and spiders that ever crawled the Surface. The place gives Rom the living creeps. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Nitty Gritty 1 (Paperback)
• Publisher: Pearson Education New Zealand, Auckland, N.Z.
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1442528397
• ISBN 13: 9781442528390
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

The whole floor of the Hub is swarming with snakes. From the safety of the jeep, I swing the torch beam over the walls. Spiders! Big, black, hairy brutes, crawling over each other in a frenzy.

Rom lives two thousand metres under the sea and has never seen the sun. His dad runs Deep Ark 6, an underwater zoo that is home to the most venomous snakes and spiders that ever crawled the Surface. The place gives Rom the living creeps.

Rom likes to dream about the days on the Surface before the Great Meltdown. To him, trees, blue sky and green grass sound like an alien planet. Little does Rom know that Octo Serp, his father’s slithery assistant, also likes to dream about the Surface.

Rom is about to find out that dreams can turn into nightmares!