Jack and Annie travel back in time to a South American rain forest in search of the elusive magician Morgan le Fay. Will they find a new clue to her whereabouts before they are trampled by stampeding killer ants?
吸血蝙蝠與殺人蟻?當神奇樹屋將傑克與安妮帶到遙遠的亞馬遜河時,兄妹倆即將會遇到這些可怕的生物。他們到了不久之後就完全迷了路。傑克與安妮找不找得到回到樹屋的路呢?還是他們會永遠被困在這個雨林之中呢?各位讀者即將在翻開第六集的小說時,找出上述問題的答案。
「神奇樹屋」(Magic Tree House)系列描述一對小兄妹傑克與安妮的冒險故事。八歲半的哥哥傑克,理性冷靜,喜歡看書,他會將沿途看到的事物,重點式的記錄在筆記本上;而七歲的妹妹安妮,喜愛幻想與冒險,並且勇於嘗試。
在上一次的探險中,傑克和安妮知道摩根被施了咒語,必須找到四個特別的東西,才能救出摩根。在古代日本,他們找到了第一樣,現在,為了尋找第二樣,兩兄妹隨著神奇樹屋來到了南美洲的亞馬孫雨林。神祕的雨林中,等著他們的是:吸血蝙蝠、美洲豹、大蟒蛇、鱷魚,還有安妮最害怕的大蟲子和大蜘蛛,他們該如何應付這次的挑戰?兄妹倆能平安脫困嗎?這個系列的英文淺顯易懂,對話簡單口語,可讓已在學習英文的小朋友,藉由故事進入英語的情境,增進英文能力。
作者簡介:
作者:瑪麗.奧斯本(Mary Pope Osborne):
Mary Pope Osborne and Natalie Pope Boyce are sisters who grew up on army posts all over the world. Mary is the author of over 50 acclaimed books for children. Natalie has worked as a children’s librarian and as a teacher of English and E.S.L. This is their ninth book together.
美國知名兒童文學作家,北卡羅萊納大學主修戲劇與比較宗教學,喜愛不同文化的她,畢業之後,曾到世界各地去旅行。寫作至今已20餘年,作品超過50本以上,並獲得許多獎項,而且擔任過兩屆的美國作家協會主席。
繪者: Sal Murdocca
Sal Murdocca has illustrated more than 200 children’s trade and textbooks. He is also a librettist for children’s opera, a video artist, an avid runner, hiker, and bicyclist, and a teacher of children’s illustration at the Parsons School of Design. He lives and works in New York with his wife, Nancy.