Salt Water Taffy: The Truth About Dr. True - Softcover

Loux, Matthew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1934964042 ISBN 13: 9781934964040

Publisher: Oni Press, 2009

Synopsis

• Eleven-year-old Jack Putnam and his eight-year-old brother Benny are being dragged against their will on a summer-long vacation with their family. And not to somewhere cool like Disney World, but to a little port town in Maine named Chowder Bay, far away from anyplace fun. But what promises to be a very bleak summer quickly becomes a series of exciting adventures in one of the most mysterious places on earth!
• This third volume has the boys investigating the mysterious death of Dr. True, a 19th century inhabitant of Chowder Bay who is most famous for ‘Dr. True’s Wonderful Elixir’. Was the town’s famed hero, Captain Holister, involved? As with everything else in Chowder Bay, not everything is as it appears.

About this title

From Booklist:

Loux’s third volume in the Salt Water Taffy series, in which brothers Jack and Benny cavort around Chowder Bay, their seaside hometown, brings mystery, fantasy, and history into the fold. The brothers learn a bit of lore about the town’s much-revered founder, have that same lore called into question by a vengeful ghost, and solve a mystery about who murdered whom way back in 1876. Loux’s crisp and expressive lines provide plenty of vigor, and he maintains a pitch-perfect tone of whimsy, wonder, and wiliness. This cheerful and energetic series remains one of the better graphic-novel options for middle-grade adventurers. Grades 3-6. --Ian Chipman

About this edition

• Publisher: Oni Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1934964042
• ISBN 13: 9781934964040
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96