Danger Guys (A Trophy Chapter Book)

Story plots are printed on the back cover of each book, please see the photo offered on this description page. ~~~ From Wikipedia: Danger Guys is a series of books written by Tony Abbott. The series is about two children, Noodle and Zeek, who always seem to find themselves in danger.[1] ~~~ There are six books in the series: 1.Danger Guys 2.Danger Guys Blast Off 3.Danger Guys: Hollywood Halloween 4.Danger Guys Hit the Beach 5.Danger Guys On Ice 6.Danger Guys and the Golden Lizard ~~~ Noodle and Zeek are excited about the new store opening in the mall; Danger Guy. Once at the mall, they come face to face with two very big guys. They see the guys unloading things from the back of a truck. Noodle and Zeek get in the truck ot look at the stuff the guys are unloading, but the door closes behind them and the truck starts to drive away. As the truck starts to slow down the doors fly open and Zeek is thrown out. Noodle jumps out to look for him and finds him a little way down the path. They appear to be underground. They walk a little while and come to a huge opening. The two big guys are there. There is a temple which means the guys are treasure thieves. The two men had also kidnapped two people. Noodle and Zeek free the people but have to find something called the Eye of the Sun or the cave will flood. Noodle and Zeek stop the flooding.

Children's author Tony Abbott was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1952. Bookswere an important part of his childhood. His mother was an elementary schoolteacher and his father was a returning World War II paratrooper who wouldlater earn his Ph.D. in American history at Georgetown University. Readingabout events in history fed the imaginations of Tony and his older brotherRick, and they played what they read with their friends in the neighborhoodsurrounding Cliffview Road in Cleveland.

The Abbott family relocated to Fairfield, Ct., in 1961, when Dr. Abbottsecured a position as a professor of American history at FairfieldUniversity in Fairfield, Ct. There Tony completed his early education andwas graduated from public high school in 1970. Tony attended the Universityof Connecticut in Storrs first as a music major, later switching topsychology, and finally graduating as an English major in 1974.

After traveling in Europe and working at a series of bookstores andlibraries, Tony was hired by an information services publisher in 1979. Tonymet his future wife, Dolores, while working at a university library. Theywere married in 1981. By the time he became a full-time children's writer in1996, Tony had risen to the rank of executive vice president in what hadbecome one of the first internet publishing companies.

But on the side, Tony had always been a writer. Early in the morning, lateinto the night, he always had a need to put words on paper. Poetry and dramawere his focus until the birth of his first daughter. Like many new fathers,he read volumes to his newborn and as he did, his ideas for children'spicture books began to form. Although one manuscript came close, it nevermade it to publication. As his daughter's reading level matured, so didTony's ideas for stories. In 1992 he began working on an adventure storyinspired by an ad seeking ghost writers for Hardy Boys novels. Luckily forthe aspiring novelist, help was at hand.

That year, Tony took a series of writing classes from Connecticut author,Patricia Reilly Giff. Under the guidance of this accomplished writer andteacher, who would later earn a Newbery Honor for her novel, Lily'sCrossing, Tony developed his first complete manuscript. Danger Guys was published in 1994 by HarperCollins Children's Books, and Tony's publishing career was up and running.

Six installments of the "Danger Guys" series were followed by other series:"Time Surfers", "The Weird Zone", "Don't Touch that Remote!", and "The Secrets ofDroon". His books have been translated into Spanish, Italian, Russian, andKorean.

Tony and his family live in Trumbull, Ct., where he is an active member ofhis community. He is director of education at his church, where he writesand directs the annual Christmas pageant. He is a member of the ConnecticutReading Council, Read to Grow, the Connecticut Press Club, and the Societyof Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. He enjoys visiting schools andspeaking at professional conferences.

Tony believes that a love of reading leads to a rich, fulfilling life andthat reading helps children develop inner resources upon which they can drawin times of stress. He believes that humor and integrity are key componentsof happiness, and that by reading we all can gain insight into how we canpersonally achieve these in our own lives.