Claws of the crocodile
Grylls, Bear2014
Book
Total copies: 1
Beck Granger must rely on his survival skills when he is stranded in the Australian outback while investigating the accident that killed his parents. When Beck Granger follows a mysterious clue to the town of Broome in Northern Australia, it is just the beginning of an adventure that will force him into some of his toughest survival challenges yet!
The search for clues takes Beck into the heart of the Outback, where he must battle raging storms, ravenous crocodiles, cunning villains and a secret that may link back to the death of his parents many years ago.
Main title:
Claws of the crocodile / Bear Grylls.
Author:
Grylls, Bear, author
Work:
Edition:
New in Paperback.
Imprint:
Red Fox, 2014.
Collation:
248 p. : 198 x 129 mm. 197 gm.
Series:
Mission : survival ; 5
Notes:
Hbk pub in 2013.
Audience:
Young People.Reading grade level: 10-12.Interest age level: 9-12.Interest grade level: KS2 KS3.
Biography/History:
BEAR GRYLLS spent three years as a Trooper with 21 SAS Regiment, before breaking his back in a free-fall parachuting accident in Africa. Grylls recovered and went on to become one of the youngest climbers ever to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
He first hosted the hit Discovery Channel series Man vs. Wild, which became one of the most-watched shows on the planet, reaching an estimated 1.2 billion viewers. Since then he has gone on to host more extreme adventure TV shows across more global networks than anyone else in history, including Running Wild with Bear Grylls and the Emmy Award-nominated interactive Netflix show You vs. Wild.
His autobiography, Mud Sweat and Tears, spent fifteen weeks at Number 1 on the Sunday Times bestseller list and he has written over ninety books, selling in excess of nineteen million copies worldwide. He is an Honorary Colonel to the Royal Marines Commandos, the youngest ever UK Chief Scout, and the first ever Chief Ambassador to the World Scout Organization, representing a global family of some fifty million Scouts.
He is married to Shara, and together they have three sons: Jesse, Marmaduke and Huckleberry.
ISBN:
9781849418195 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
Subject:
Adventure and adventurers-FictionSurvival skills-FictionAustralia-FictionChildren's / Teenage fiction & true storiesChildren's / Teenage fiction: Action & adventure storiesChildren's / Teenage social issues: Environment & green issuesAustraliaAdventure stories (Children's / Teenage)Fiction 9+Adventure and Mystery Stories
BRN:
382147