Kaleidoscope Eyes
Will Lyza’s 1968 summer mystery lead to . . . pirate treasure?When Lyza helps her dad clean out her late grandfather’s house, a mysterious surprise brightens the sad task. In Gramps’s dusty attic, Lyza discovers three maps, carefully folded and stacked, bound by a single rubber band. On top, an...
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Will Lyza’s 1968 summer mystery lead to . . . pirate treasure?When Lyza helps her dad clean out her late grandfather’s house, a mysterious surprise brightens the sad task. In Gramps’s dusty attic, Lyza discovers three maps, carefully folded and stacked, bound by a single rubber band. On top, an envelope says “For Lyza ONLY.” What could this possibly be? It takes the help of her two best friends, Malcolm and Carolann, to figure out that the maps reveal three possible spots in their own New Jersey town where Captain Kidd (the Captain Kidd, seventeenth-century pirate) may have buried a treasure. Can three thirteen-year-olds actually conduct a secret treasure hunt? And what will they find? In a tale inspired by a true story of buried treasure, Jen Bryant weaves an emotional and suspenseful novel in poems, all set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War during a pivotal year in U.S. history.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780375840487 (0375840486)
Publish date: May 12th 2009
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages no: 272
Edition language: English
Once upon a time I tried to write a review for Kaleidoscope Eyes and failed. Then I tried again… and again… and again….I loved Kaleidoscope Eyes so much, but for some reason I’ve been at a loss for words to say about it, so please excuse this sure-to-be short review. The length of it doesn’t reflect...