Hoakes Island A Fiendish Puzzle Adventure

by Friel, Helen; Friel, Ian

• ISBN13: 9781786270337
• ISBN10: 1786270331
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2018-05-15
• Publisher: Laurence King Publishing

Summary

Henry Hoakes has gone missing and Hoakes Island Amusement Park is in grave danger. This notebook, a hastily assembled collection of journal entries, notes, puzzles, and clues, is the only key to find out what's happened to Henry and stop the dastardly developers who want to knock down the park.  

Solve the puzzles and discover keys and clues as you travel around the island on a quest to rescue Rita the anteater, Granville the gorilla, and the rest of the talking animals who live there. It's a race against time that only a puzzle master can win!

This ingenious and immersive puzzle adventure comes with a fold-out map of Hoakes Island and a special red lens that you must use to discover secret messages and clues. Can you solve the mystery and save Hoakes Island? We're counting on you!

Author Biography

Ian Friel became a freelance writer and historian in 2007, after a long career in museums. He has published several books on maritime history, and has co-written Billy Bow, a musical set during the Napoleonic Wars. Hoakes Island is his first children's book, written with his daughter, Helen Friel.

Helen Friel is a freelance paper engineer and illustrator, living and working in London. Her commercial clients include Vogue, The Telegraph, Ted Baker, and Time magazine. She is also the author of Midnight Creatures: A Pop-Up Shadow Search.