The Secret of Iguando

by Robert Dodds

"The shape had stopped behind the curtain of water. A vague, shadowy shape—part human, part lizard. A huge arm reached forward, and a single claw penetrated the waterfall and pointed, glistening, at the children." Deep in a remote jungle in Mexico, something unearthly is stirring, disturbed by a party of zoologists. Ben and Claire Swift, who are there with their father, are the only ones who realize the incredible danger that threatens them all. An edge-of-the-seat thriller, lightened by the realistic, often very funny exchanges of its young hero and heroine.

128 pages, Paperback

First published February 25, 2004

About the author

Robert Dodds writes for both adults and children. His work is not easy to categorize, as he does not stick to a single genre. However, recurring characteristics are the humorous and the macabre.
His four novels for adults are: 'The Art School Murders' and 'Sitting Duck' - both blackly comic murder stories; 'Paradise Por Favor' - a humorous novel set in Spain, and the historical novel 'The Garden of Earthly Delights', inspired by the work of the 15th Century artist Hieronymus Bosch. His two short story collections are 'Rattlesnake and Other Tales' (Polygon) and 'Secret Sharers'. Many of his short stories have been broadcast on BBC Radio Four.
For children, 'The Midnight Clowns' (Andersen Press) was short-listed for the Kathleen Fidler Award, and is also published in France by Flammarion. His other children's novels are 'Nightland' (Andersen Press), 'The Secret of Iguando' (Andersen Press, also published in USA by Mondo, and serialised on BBC Radio Four), and 'The Murrian' (Andersen Press, also published as an audio book by Oakhill). He has two books in Bloomsbury's 'Wired' series for struggling teenage readers: 'The Haunted Mobile' and 'Pitch Dark'.
In addition to writing fiction, he has had a stage play produced, and has written and directed several short films shown on television and at film festivals.

Reviews

[Bettie]

Good enough as a mid-week palate-cleanser; this audio version had background mariachi music interspersed with jungle drums, pan pipes and animal calls.

[721023]

“The secret of Iguana” by Robert dodds is a book about a shape that's part human and part lizard that stays behind a curtain of water and is in a jungle region of mexico and there's 2 people ben and swift and there the only ones who were able to figure out what danger threatens them all.