The Gold Bug

Edgar Allan Poe

£6.99

  • ISBN: 9781906230814
  • By: Edgar Allan Poe
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publication Date: 01/07/14
  • Publisher: Real Reads
  • Imprint: Real Reads
  • Series: Real Reads
  • Retold by: Gill Tavner
  • Illustrated by: Felix Bennett
  • Pages: 64
  • Size: 198mm x 129mm
  • Age Range: Ages 7 - 14

Description

‘Dat gold-bug was a vicious bug. Massa caught it first but it bit him. I think da bite has made Massa poorly. It has affected him in da head.’

William Legrand has found a new type of bug, a golden bug, unusually heavy. His servant, Jupiter, is worried. Why is Legrand behaving so oddly? Has the bug’s bite made him mad? When Legrand shows his friend a drawing of the gold-bug, it looks more like a skull. What can this mean?

The arrival of the gold-bug leads the three men on an exciting adventure towards skeletons, a skull, and a hunt for buried treasure.

Should we believe Jupiter’s superstitious fears, or is there a more logical explanation of events? If there is, can you, the reader, discover it?

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