Book details

  • Genre:young adult fiction
  • Sub-genre:Fantasy / Epic
  • Age Range (years):13 and up
  • Language:English
  • Series Title:Jack, the Giant Killers and the Bodacious Beanstalk Adventure
  • Series Number:1
  • Pages:312
  • Paperback ISBN:9781619333529

Jack, the Giant Killers, and the Bodacious Beanstalk Adventure

Book One: Welcome to Ooom

Overview

An expanded and thrilling version of the classic Jack and the Beanstalk tale. We meet Jack and the colorful characters that join him in a breathtaking adventure to free the magical land of Ooom from the evil Thunder giant Gorgo and his cruel family.
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Description

When a cruel thunder giant embarks on a quest to extract an all-powerful Crown from the mystic recesses of the Hateful Gate, it falls to a poor farm boy named Jack and a rag-tag bunch of teenagers to stop him. For Jack and his gang, stopping the giant will mean an adventure in the the wondrous land of Ooom that none of them had ever imagined. But the biggest feat of all might be if they can find a way to get along with one another long enough to prevent Gorgo from achieving all power.
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About The Author

Frank Wood is the award-winning author of "The Longest Halloween Series and the Jack", "The Giant Killers", and the Bodacious Beanstalk series. He has also authored "On My Way to Work/On My Way to School" and "Little Ray's Trip to the Doctor" for younger readers. He lives in the great Northwest with his wife, sons and two dogs. Wood is the winner of the Mom's Choice Awards for Young Adult Literature and Purple Dragonfly Book Awards for Middle School Fiction. Follow news on all his books @theLongestHalloween.com
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