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Saltwater Taffy
Endorsed by Teachers of the Year around the country, Eric DelaBarre’s Saltwater Taffy follows the lives of five friends as they uncover a treasure map that once belonged to the ruthless New Orleans pirate, Jean Lafitte. The discovery thrusts them from one treasure hunting adventure to the next as they try to out-wit, out-think and out-maneuver everyone from the one-legged...more
Hardcover, 272 pages
Published
January 11th 2011
by Seven Publishing
(first published August 2010)
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The story is engaging, filled with suspense and action, twists and turns, friendships and betrayals. There's something about hidden treasures that's very appealing to both kids and adults. Looking for clues, finding parts of a map, figuring out where it could be... all that makes for a great plot. I could easily see this story made into a movie.
This book teaches values and lessons of life, such as self confidence and accepting our differences, although at times I was hearing more...more
The story is engaging, filled with suspense and action, twists and turns, friendships and betrayals. There's something about hidden treasures that's very appealing to both kids and adults. Looking for clues, finding parts of a map, figuring out where it could be... all that makes for a great plot. I could easily see this story made into a movie.
This book teaches values and lessons of life, such as self confidence and accepting our differences, although at times I was hearing more...more
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Sweetwater Taffy: Young Adult / Middle Grade fiction.
Saltwater Taffy follows the lives of five friends as they uncover a treasure map that once belonged to the ruthless New Orleans pirate, Jean Lafitte. The discovery thrusts them from one treasure hunting adventure to the next as they try to out-wit, out-think and out-maneuver everyone from the one-legged junk-yard man and an overbearing town bully, to the creepy old man living at the top of the hill. Saltwater Taffy is a race to-the-finish adve...more
Saltwater Taffy follows the lives of five friends as they uncover a treasure map that once belonged to the ruthless New Orleans pirate, Jean Lafitte. The discovery thrusts them from one treasure hunting adventure to the next as they try to out-wit, out-think and out-maneuver everyone from the one-legged junk-yard man and an overbearing town bully, to the creepy old man living at the top of the hill. Saltwater Taffy is a race to-the-finish adve...more
You know, for a book that has practically 3 pages worth of praise in the front, I was really disappointed with this read, and I don't think it's the characters or the plot's fault (albeit if the characters ARE a little cliche and stereotyped)... the thing that really got onto my nerves is the way this author writes dialogue. The author has clearly never overheard kids speaking to other kids before because it all sounds forced and it definitely doesn't sound like it's coming out of the mouth of a...more
*warning* minor spoiler at the end of the third paragraph.
I have mixed feelings on this book and cannot decide if the problem lies with the book or with the fact that I'm not exactly it's target audience. Told from the POV of a 13 year old boy in the 70's who embarks on a treasure hunt with 5 of his friends, this book is littered with life lessons and a whole lot of baseball! Having never been a 13 year old boy and having no interest in baseball, it was often hard to relate to and I found the ch...more
I have mixed feelings on this book and cannot decide if the problem lies with the book or with the fact that I'm not exactly it's target audience. Told from the POV of a 13 year old boy in the 70's who embarks on a treasure hunt with 5 of his friends, this book is littered with life lessons and a whole lot of baseball! Having never been a 13 year old boy and having no interest in baseball, it was often hard to relate to and I found the ch...more
I adored the life lessons! A wonderful approach when writing for pre-teens. Scooter, the protage, was angry at all the right times. I had two problems with the story. First, pirates are not nice folks, and this work continues to glorify them. Second, The kids lived in Port Townsend, yet strolled along the Dungeness River on the way home from school. Sorry, that river is three peninsulas away, and about thirty miles.
Pirates, adventure, humor, and a lot of positive character virtues thrown in.
Great book! My son's "Guys Read" book group read this book and had a Skype meeting with the author. Eric DelaBarre shares meaningful, positive, and wonderful insights throughout the book. Excellent book to read with your children and when you start to read it with them you will know why. Great book to have in your home library and a perfect book to give as a gift!
Great adventure story for everyone!
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