The Island of Thieves

By Josh Lacey

Buried treasure. Ruthless gangsters. An ancient clue . . .

Our Captayne took the pinnace ashore and I went with hym and six men also, who were sworne by God to be secret in al they saw. Here we buried five chests filled with gold.

Tom Trelawney was looking for excitement. Now he's found it. With his eccentric uncle Harvey, he's travelling to South America on a quest for hidden gold. But Harvey has some dangerous enemies and they want the treasure too. Who will be the first to uncover the secrets of the mysterious island?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Andersen Digital
• Release date: Oct 21, 2011
• ISBN: 9781849398947

Josh Lacey

Josh Lacey is the author of many books for children including The Dragonsitter, the Hope Jones series and the Grk series. He has worked as a journalist and written one book for adults, God is Brazilian. His first book for children, A Dog Called Grk, was shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award. Josh lives in London with his wife and daughters.

Reviews for The Island of Thieves

[christianr_899499 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This will be a good book to recommend to middle elementary boys in particular. Tom has to stay with his uncle for a week while his parents go on vacation. Tom is surprised to find out that Uncle Harvey plans to quickly go to Peru, and Tom convinces him to bring him along. Uncle Harvey, while a nice guy, is involved in some questionable activities but the guys he's dealing with are definitely not nice guys, and Tom and Harvey have lots of adventures being caught and escaping from these crooks. Harvey's plan is to search for pirate treasure -- long story, but without Tom's help they never would have found it. Tom enjoys the excitement and it turns out he's quite well suited for sleuthing and daring feats.