Turtle Terror
Authors: Ali Sparkes
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Text © Ali Sparkes 2012
Illustrations © Ross Collins 2012
“SWITCH: Turtle Terror” was originally published in English in 2012. This edition is published by an arrangement with Oxford University Press.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Sparkes, Ali.
Turtle terror / by Ali Sparkes ; illustrated by Ross Collins.
pages cm. â (S.W.I.T.C.H. ; #11)
Summary: While on vacation with their parents in Cornwall, twins
Danny and Josh follow clues to another marble but find themselves trapped by the tide on a rocky island and the only way back is to use some pilfered REPTOSWITCH.
ISBN 978â1â4677â2114â1 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
ISBN 978â1â4677â2420â3 (eBook)
[1. CiphersâFiction. 2. Leatherback turtleâFiction. 3. TurtlesâFiction.
4. BrothersâFiction. 5. TwinsâFiction. 6. Science fiction.] I. Collins, Ross, illustrator. II. Title.
PZ7.S73712Tur 2014
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2013019714
Manufactured in the United States of America
1 â SB â 12/31/13
eISBN: 978-1-4677-2420-3 (pdf)
eISBN: 978-1-4677-4024-1 (ePub)
eISBN: 978-1-4677-4023-4 (mobi)
To Archie Evans (Read on, Archieâread on!)
With grateful thanks to
John Buckley and Tony Gent of
Amphibian and Reptile Conservation
for their hot-blooded guidance on
S.W.I.T.C.H.'s cold-blooded reptile heroes
Above the churning sea, a boy clung to the rocks, the breeze blowing his spiky blond hair across his face. Above him was glory. Below him was death. Possibly.
“JOSH!” he yelled to his brother. “JOSH! Look at MEEEE!”
A short walk along the beach, Josh was keeping very still, watching shrimps and tiny crabs skittering about in a rock pool. Nearby, Piddle was licking an orange lump stuck to a rock, his tail wagging wildly. Neither of them looked up at Danny.