- Genre:young adult fiction
- Sub-genre:Action & Adventure / General
- Age Range (years):13 and up
- Language:English
- Series Title:Benton Johnson and the Tale of Tu’i Malila
- Series Number:1
- Pages:236
- eBook ISBN:9781682228647
- Paperback ISBN:9781682228630
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Overview
The world is in
grave danger and no one knows it, no human anyway- except for thirteen-year-old
Benton Johnson.
To make matters
worse, he is alone and lost in a rain forest. Life was bad enough for Benton
after losing his mom, but now, his world has turned beyond upside down. After
falling from the boat on his Junior Discoverers' expedition, and becoming
trapped in a South American jungle, he stumbles onto an ancient Aztec ruin and
acquires the most incredible ability—though he soon wishes he had not. He
learns that the demon pirate Black Bellamy is heading his way to drink the life
force of Tu'i Malila, a tortoise with the power of the ages inside her. Then he
learns that it is up to him to stop Bellamy. Life was ruthless, beyond unfair.
If Black Bellamy drains Tu'i's life force he will become invincible, and will
destroy the entire world. The hope of everything now depended on Benton and his
small band of unlikely heroes.
But how was he,
Benton Johnson, a nobody from nowhere, supposed to battle such supernatural
evil and save the world?
Description
“I intend to send you boys anywhere in the world you want to go.”
“Anywhere?
“Sure, sure, anywhere.”
Benton is going on an adventure with his fellow Junior Discoverers, the scientifically inclined version of the Boy Scouts, setting sail on a guided voyage off the coast of South America. He had suggested South America in memory of his mother, who had been on a marine expedition a year earlier and had been lost at sea.
Mr. Jacobs, a benevolent former Junior Discoverer, had decided to award the boys with the trip of a lifetime. Unfortunately, the troop of Junior Discovers has been taken over by the laziest, meanest man in town, Mr. Byle, and his good-for-nothing, trouble-making son, Tobias. Mr. Byle exchanges the boat, captain, and crew for a far less seaworthy setup so he can pocket the majority of the donated funds. After being relentlessly bullied by his shipmates, who were hooligans by nature, Benton ends up falling overboard and experiences more adventure than he could have ever anticipated!
