Billy Stuart and the Sea of a Thousand Dangers

By Alain M. Bergeron and Sampar

What was supposed to be a relaxing ocean crossing for Billy Stuart and his friends after their adventures on the island of Crete quickly transforms into a veritable odyssey. A violent storm throws them off their maritime course and leads to a downpour of events with potentially tragic consequences: mutiny, vicious monster attacks, siren songs and more. The dire situation doesn't get any better when they finally make it to shore. A thousand dangers make the Zintrepids' every waking moment seem like a nightmare. And is Billy Stuart still on the trail of his grandfather, the explorer Virgil Stuart who has traveled through time? Or are the Zintrepids forever lost in an unknown age and strange place?

Brightly illustrated and enhanced with games and puzzles throughout, Billy Stuart and the Sea of One Thousand Dangers is the third title in the Billy Stuart Adventures series, following Billy Stuart and the Zintrepids and Billy Stuart in the Minotaur's Lair.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
• Release date: Oct 1, 2019
• ISBN: 9781459823457

Alain M. Bergeron

A prolific author, Alain M. Bergeron has written over 250 children’s books. He devotes himself exclusively to writing and leading school workshops. His inexhaustible imagination has made him a fixture in children’s literature, and he has received many awards and accolades. Alain lives in Victoriaville, Quebec.

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Text copyright © 2019 Alain M. Bergeron

Illustrations copyright © 2019 Sampar

Originally published in French in 2012 by Éditions Michel Quintin under the title Billy Stuart La mer aux mille dangers

Translation copyright © 2019 Sophie B. Watson

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system now known or to be invented, without permission in writing from the publisher.

Cataloguing in Publication information available from Library and Archives Canada

Issued in print and electronic formats.

isbn 9781459823433 (softcover) | isbn 9781459823440 (pdf) | isbn 9781459823457 (epub)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2019934026

Simultaneously published in Canada and the United States in 2019

Summary: In this illustrated novel for middle-grade readers, Billy Stuart and his loyal Scout group have inadvertently traveled through time and have to cross an ocean full of danger.

Orca Book Publishers is committed to reducing the consumption of nonrenewable resources in the making of our books. We make every effort to use materials that support a sustainable future.

Orca Book Publishers gratefully acknowledges the support for its publishing programs provided by the following agencies: the Government of Canada, the Canada Council for the Arts and the Province of British Columbia through the BC Arts Council and the Book Publishing Tax Credit.

We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the National Translation Program for Book Publishing, an initiative of the Roadmap for Canada’s Official Languages 2013-2018: Education, Immigration, Communities, for our translation activities.

Cover and interior illustrations by Sampar

Translated by Sophie B. Watson

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Table of Contents

Characters

Dear Reader

Chapter 1: The Storm

Funny Faces

Chapter 2: Astrophobia

The Shopkeeper's Challenge

Chapter 3: Fox Overboard!

Colors Game

Chapter 4: The Calm after the Storm

Chapter 5: Growing Discontent

Chapter 6: Mutiny in the Morning

Chapter 7: My Turn

Chapter 8: A Bomb!

Chapter 9: Take Cover!

Chapter 10: Octopus Aboard!

Chapter 11: Brawling Monsters

Chapter 12: Land!

Chapter 13: The Sirens’ Song

Anagrams

Chapter 14: The Cry

Who Am I?

Chapter 15: On the Beach

Chapter 16: The Sideways Menace

Chapter 17: The Winged Ally

Chapter 18: Grandfather Virgil’s Notebook

Search and Find

Solutions

Landmarks

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Body Matter

dear reader,

Billy Stuart wasn’t exactly elected to this particular position. He doesn’t wear a magical ring on his finger like Frodo. He doesn’t have a secret collection of masks or stones hidden in his drawers like Zelda. He hasn’t walked through life accompanied by a daemon like Lyra. Nor does