Scaly Tale (Ripley RBI Series #1)

by Ripley's Believe It Or Not!

Overview

Join the RBI—a group of teen agents with special gifts—on a series of action-packed adventures as they travel the world!

The Florida swamplands are home to hungry gators, wild electrical storms, and a most unusual creature. Sightings of a strange lizard-like animal reach Ripley High and the RBI are sent to investigate. During their search, the RBI agents find themselves in the middle of a high-speed airboat chase, a swarm of rats, a mysterious treasure hunt, and DUL agents in disguise. But then that’s nothing unusual when you’re a member of the RBI!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781893951525
Publisher:	Ripley Publishing
Publication date:	05/04/2010
Series:	RBI Series , #1
Edition description:	Original
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	7.68(w) x 5.24(h) x 0.44(d)
Lexile:	820L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Ripley's Believe It or Not! is globally renowned as the authority on the weird, the eccentric, and the amazing. Ripley's Believe It or Not! provides entertaining books for children of all ages which educates and informs them in a humorous style. The Ripley brand is known around the world as a trend-setting source of family-friendly fun and excitement! Every day the researchers at Ripley's are busy digging up the craziest true stories and the most unbelievable facts.

Editorial Reviews

"Ripley's Bureau of Investigation (RBI): Fact or Fiction" is a series of stories about kids trained to determine the authenticity of various purported phenomena around the world. If the item in question is found to be authentic, it can be included in the "Ripley's Believe It or Not" database. In this story, a trio of investigators—Jack, who's good with animals; Zia, who can predict lightning; Kobe, who knows about various tribal customs—is off the investigate sightings of a lizard man in the Florida Everglades. They have to be on guard against the scurrilous Department of Unbelievable Lies (DUL) dudes, who try to disrupt the RBI inquiries, sometimes violently. All sorts of problems beset the stalwart threesome, but they manage to outwit their foes and meet the lizard man (a.k.a. Joshua Tucker). He turns out to be a shy fellow who just wants to be left alone, so he's disguised himself with tattoos, a split tongue, long nails and a tail to look like a lizard. In this guise, he can study and protect the reptiles he loves. The kids gather Joshua's information for the database, but leave the man in his natural habitat. The book is sprinkled with other Ripley's Believe It or Not "facts." I found this book to be poorly written and boring. Reviewer: Sarah Maury Swan

Children's Literature - Sarah Maury Swan