SuitabookAdventure and resourcefulness
Alfred travels in a homemade submarine and faces a series of practical emergencies while trying to remain safe.
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Philip Roy - Author
This is a brisk, imaginative adventure built around a homemade submarine, an unusual crew and a far-reaching search. Its appeal lies in successive challenges and travel, while Atlantis may remain more tantalising than fully explored.
In this sequel to his best-selling novel Submarine Outlaw from 2008, Alfred, the intrepid young submarine outlaw, once again sets out to sea in his homemade submarine. In Journey to Atlantis, Alfred and his crew (his dog Hollie and his second mate the seagull Seaweed) sail across the Atlantic and enter the Mediterranean in search of the fabled lost island of Atlantis. Alfred must be both practical and trust his premonitions on many occasions to stay safe on this ambitious and far-reaching adventure. From a daring rescue of drowning fishermen to becoming involved in a skirmish between Canadian coastguard ships and Spanish fishing trawlers, from escaping an exploding WWII sea mine to colliding with a partially submerged container filled with toys, from turning the chase on bumbling pirates to an unscheduled camel trek into the desert, Alfred’s submarine voyage brings him closer and closer to the legendary island until one moonless night he finds himself a little too close for comfort.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a brisk, imaginative adventure built around a homemade submarine, an unusual crew and a far-reaching search. Its appeal lies in successive challenges and travel, while Atlantis may remain more tantalising than fully explored.
Alfred travels in a homemade submarine and faces a series of practical emergencies while trying to remain safe.
Alfred and his companions cross two seas in search of the fabled island of Atlantis, which he approaches near the end.
Pay particular attention to fear and suspense.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: the current material supports only a cautious reading; some draft conclusions still depend on unresolved evidence.
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